Seven Samurai Movie Review 1954

Kurosawa's masterpiece, set in 16th-century Japan. A small farming village, beset by marauding bandits, hires seven professional soldiers to rid itself of the scourge. Wanna watch a samaurai movie? This is the one. Sweeping, complex human drama with all the ingredients: action, suspense, comedy. Available in several versions of varying length, all long--and all too short. Splendid acting. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Tapeworm Video Distributors, 27833 Hopkins Ave., Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355, Phone: (661)257-4904, Fax: (661)257-4820, Email: sales@tapeworm.com, URL: http://www.tapeworm.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 204 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 16th Century, Samurai, Japan, Medieval Romps, Director/Star Teams: Kurosawa & Mifune, Rescue Missions, Team Efforts, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

Cast

Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Kuninori Kodo, Isao (Ko) Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Kato, Bokuzen Hidari, Kamatari (Keita) Fujiwara, Yoshio Kosugi, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Jun Tatara, Sojin, Kichijiro Ueda, Jun Tazaki, Keiji Sakakida, Keiko Tsushima, Gen Shimizu

Cinematography

Asakazu Nakai

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Music

Fumio Hayasaka

Producer

Shojiro Motoki, Kingsley International, Toho Films

Awards

Venice Film Fest. 1954: Silver Prize.