Kikuchiyo
Seven Samurai
Released
25 Apr 1954
Runtime
207 min
Japanese title
七人の侍
Shichinin No Samurai
Seven Samurai
Shichinin No Samurai
Seven Samurai
Studio
Toho Co., Ltd.
Staff
Director
Producer
Motoki Sôjirô
Screenplay
Photography
Nakai Asakazu
Art
Matsuyama Takashi
Lighting
Mori Shigeru
Sound
Yanoguchi Fumio
Music
Hayasaka Fumio
Cast
Top billed
Shimada Kanbei
Shino
Tsushima Keiko
Rikichi's Wife
Shimazaki Yukiko
Manzô
Shichirôji
Okamoto Katsushirô
Kimura Isao
Hayashida Heihachi
Kyûzô
Miyaguchi Seiji
Mosuke
Yôhei
Katayama Gorôbei
Inaba Yoshio
Rikichi
Gisaku
Kidnapper
Bandit Scout
Unibrowed Villager
Tatara Jun
Innkeeper
Watanabe Atsushi
Grandfather of Kidnapped Child
Ogawa Toranosuke
Reluctant Samurai
Yamagata Isao
Inn Musician
Kamiyama Sôjin
Offended Samurai
Gosaku
Bandit Leader
Takagi Shinpei
Bandit Deputy
Bandit with Musket
Takahara Toshio
Elderly Villager
Sugi Kan
Bluffing Samurai
Hayashi Kan
Villager
Kyûzô's Opponent
Maki Sôkichi
Priest
Chiba Ichirô
Mother of Kidnapped Child
Sengoku Noriko
Peasant
Honma Noriko
Bandit
Saijô Etsurô
Bandit
Bandit
Bandit
Sakurai Girô
Bandit
Fleeing Bandit
Bandit
Bandit
Bandit
Bandit
Bandit Scout
Bandit
Bandit Scout
Gisaku's Son
Kumagai Takuzô
as Kumagai Jirô
Peasant
Suzukawa Jirô
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant
Iwamoto Kôji
Villager
Peasant
Ginsaku's Daughter-in-Law
Toyama Haruko
Villager
Mano Tsuruko
Peasant
Azuma Shizuko
Supporting
Samurai
Hinata Kazuo · uncredited
Samurai
Itô Hisaya · uncredited
Samurai
Nakadai Tatsuya · uncredited
Villager
Oka Yutaka · uncredited
Peasant
Shinohara Masaki · uncredited
Peasant
Tabu Kenzô · uncredited
Samurai
Tsuchiya Shirô · uncredited
Peasant
Yamamoto Ren · uncredited
Home Video
VHS
Seven Samurai
DVD
Seven Samurai
- Audio Commentary by Michael Jeck
Akira Kurosawa: Four Samurai Classics
Box set · 4 films
Seven Samurai
5 special features
- Audio Commentaries by David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns & Donald Richie
- Audio Commentary by Michael Jeck
- "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
- "My Life in Cinema" Interview
- "Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences" Documentary
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa
Box set · 25 films
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
- The Most Beautiful (1944)
- Sanshiro Sugata: Part Two (1945)
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
- One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
- Drunken Angel (1948)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Scandal (1950)
- Rashomon (1950)
- The Idiot (1951)
- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1952)
- Ikiru (1952)
- I Live in Fear (1955)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- The Lower Depths (1957)
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- Sanjuro (1962)
- High and Low (1963)
- Red Beard (1965)
- Dodes'ka-den (1970)
- Kagemusha (1980)
- Madadayo (1993)
Blu-ray
Seven Samurai
5 special features
- Audio Commentaries by David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns & Donald Richie
- Audio Commentary by Michael Jeck
- "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
- "My Life in Cinema" Interview
- "Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences" Documentary
4K
Seven Samurai
5 special features
- Audio Commentaries by David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns & Donald Richie
- Audio Commentary by Michael Jeck
- "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
- "My Life in Cinema" Interview
- "Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences" Documentary