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Seven Samurai (1954)

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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.

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Cast

  • Toshirō Mifune Toshirō Mifune Kikuchiyo
  • Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura Kambei Shimada
  • Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Inaba Gorobei Katayama
  • Seiji Miyaguchi Seiji Miyaguchi Kyuzo
  • Minoru Chiaki Minoru Chiaki Heihachi Hayashida
  • Daisuke Katō Daisuke Katō Shichiroji
  • Isao Kimura Isao Kimura Katsushiro Okamoto
  • Keiko Tsushima Keiko Tsushima Shino
  • Yukiko Shimazaki Yukiko Shimazaki Rikichi's Wife
  • Kamatari Fujiwara Kamatari Fujiwara Manzô - Father of Shino
  • Yoshio Kosugi Yoshio Kosugi Mosuke
  • Bokuzen Hidari Bokuzen Hidari Yohei
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya Yoshio Tsuchiya Rikichi
  • Kokuten Kōdō Kokuten Kōdō Gisaku, the Old Man
  • Eijirō Tōno Eijirō Tōno Kidnapper
  • Jun Tatara Jun Tatara Coolie A
  • Atsushi Watanabe Atsushi Watanabe Bun Seller
  • Toranosuke Ogawa Toranosuke Ogawa Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

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