A Japanese farming village, constantly besieged and pillaged by an army of bandits, recruits seven independent samurai to defend it.

GENRE: Drama, Action/Adventure
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 2h 40m
RELEASE DATE: April 26, 1954
STARRING: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki
DIRECTOR(S): Akira Kurosawa
PRODUCER(S): Shojiro Motoki
WRITER(S): Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures