# Seven Samurai (1954)

> A battle-weary samurai assembles an unlikely band of warriors to teach a threatened farming village how to survive a bandit siege.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/295

## Facts

- Runtime: 207 min
- Genres: Action, Drama
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō, Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: epic, gritty, melancholic, classic cinema night, samurai movie marathon

## Synopsis

A band of warriors stands against overwhelming odds to protect the innocent.

## Movies like Seven Samurai

- [The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/10078)
- [The Magnificent Seven (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/803)
- [Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/40506)
- [Rashomon (1950)](https://ember.film/movie/432)
- [Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)](https://ember.film/movie/27572)
- [Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)](https://ember.film/movie/19615)
- [Yojimbo (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/6782)
- [Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)](https://ember.film/movie/19616)
- [Throne of Blood (1957)](https://ember.film/movie/2310)
- [Samurai Rebellion (1967)](https://ember.film/movie/16210)

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