Seven Samurai
1954 · 160 min
Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Written by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi.
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.
Critics 100% · audiences 97% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV · 2 Oscar nominations