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Seven Samurai

Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai)

1954

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi ...

8.4

43,401

Adventure. Drama Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai' follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to fight for them. However, the poor villagers can merely offer payment in the form of shelter and a daily bowl of rice, and initially only Kambei ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"The greatest movie ever made about warriors and battle"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"['Seven Samurai] draws a viewer so thoroughly into its world that real life can seem thick and dull when the lights come up"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A great film (...) Nobody could photograph men in action better than Kurosawa (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"There are things about the picture to question and criticize (...) However, it sparkles with touches that would do honor to Fred Zinnemann or John Ford"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"One of the finest works of art produced during the last century and arguably his supreme masterpiece."	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A true masterpiece, featuring perhaps the greatest battle in all of cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Rod McShane Time Out	"The individual characterisations are precise and memorable (...) The epic action scenes involving cavalry and samurai are still without peer."	POS
United States	The Review Geek	"It's timeless, has a universal theme and above all, accomplishes the ultimate goal of any film –it binds you, engages you, stirs your emotions and provides pure entertainment"	POS

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