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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Action / Drama /  more » Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.8 (149,758 votes)  more »   Also rated #17 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.  more »

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Filmmakers: Akira Kurosawa - Director / Writer (screenplay) / Editor, Shinobu Hashimoto - Writer (screenplay), Hideo Oguni - Writer (screenplay), Sojiro Motoki¹ - Producer, Asaichi Nakai¹ - Cinematographer, Fumio Hayasaka - Composer, Takashi Matsuyama - Production Designer  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Toshiro Mifune¹ ... Kikuchiyo	6,670
	Takashi Shimura ... Kambei Shimada	19,404
	Keiko Tsushima ... Shino	58,601
	Yukio Shimazaki¹ ... Wife	107,398
	Kamatari Fujiwara ... Farmer Manzo	87,418