Seven Samurai
Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
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.
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Action
- Worldwide
- $105M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Seven Samurai actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Seven Samurai appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Action Movies Ranked #20
Placed at #20 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Action Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Philosophical Movies Ranked #47
Placed at #47 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #79
Placed at #79 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Seven Samurai returned 52.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $105M
- Release date
- Apr 26, 1954
- Runtime
- 3h 27m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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