SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)

Reprise | 206 mins | Age recommendation: 14+

By Akira Kurosawa, with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba.

This show is part of THE ONES WE LOVE.

Japan in the 16th century. Once a year, a band of robbers descends on a remote provincial village and steals all the supplies and valuables from the local farmers. To put a stop to this, the farmers turn to wandering samurai for help. Seven wandering warriors decide to help the farmers for a variety of reasons. Together, they set about turning the village into a fortress and the agronomists into auxiliary soldiers, and eventually their original mercenary mentality gives way to a sincere feeling of solidarity.

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