Seven Samurai (1954) Reviews & Ratings

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Seven Samurai reviews

Seven Samurai holds a 8.5/10 average from 4,379 TMDB ratings.

Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.
— Andres Gomez (10/10)

At the top of my favorite films ever. Every time I watch it is see something new. Bandits steal peasants rice. Peasants hire ronin samurai to defend them. Great plot, pace and acting. Akira Kurasawa's best...perhaps.
— Kenneth Blais (10/10)

**Maybe a little overrated, but there's no doubt that it's good.** Well, I have to start this text with a note that I believe is relevant to understand what I'm going to write: this was the first Japanese film that I remember seeing. I might even be forgetting something I've seen before, but I don't think so. Therefore, I'm not a good connoisseur of Japanese cinema, so I don't want my opinion to be taken with any au…
— Filipe Manuel Neto (6/10)

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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