Seven Samurai
The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town.
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Studio: TOHO
- Keyword: epic, martial arts, japan, samurai, sword, peasant, village, looting, rice, fencing, moral ambiguity, black and white, battle, bandit, practice, criterion, jidaigeki, 16th century, thoughtful
- Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō