Seven Samurai · Sense

Action 1954 3h 27m

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Seven Samurai

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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DIRECTOR

Akira Kurosawa

SCREENPLAY

Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Shinobu Hashimoto

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Asakazu Nakai

EDITOR

Akira Kurosawa

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Fumio Hayasaka

PRODUCER

Sōjirō Motoki

ACCOUNTANT

Yuji Hamada

ART DIRECTION

Takashi Matsuyama

ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR

Yoshirō Muraki

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Hiromichi Horikawa
Masaya Shimizu
Sakae Hirosawa
Toshi Kaneko
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu

COSTUME DESIGN

Mieko Yamaguchi

EDITORIAL MANAGER

Hiroshi Nezu

FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA

Takao Saitō

HAIRSTYLIST

Midori Nakajô

LIGHTING TECHNICIAN

Mitsuo Kaneko
Shigeru Mori

MAKEUP ARTIST

Junjirō Yamada

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Teruyo Nogami

PRODUCTION OFFICE ASSISTANT

Takeharu Shimada

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Hiroshi Nezu

PROPERTY MASTER

Kôichi Hamamura

RESEARCHER

Kōhei Ezaki

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

Teruyo Nogami

SET DECORATION

Kôichi Hamamura

SOUND ASSISTANT

Masanao Uehara

SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR

Ichirô Minawa

SOUND RECORDIST

Fumio Yanoguchi

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER

Masao Fukuda

STUNTS

Haruo Nakajima

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Seven Samurai
Released 1954
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Title page #346

Academy Awards

1957Nominee: Best Costume Design, Black-And-White
Nominee: Best Art Direction, Black And White

Venice Film Festival

1954Festival screening