Seven Samurai
七人の侍by Akira Kurosawa3h201954Japan
Recommended byStanley Kubrick, Costa Gavras, Christophe Gans, James Gray, Cédric Klapisch, Sophie Letourneur, Jerry Schatzberg, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, John Woo, Dominique and Fiona Abel & Gordon, Elia Suleiman, Saeed Roustaee
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A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Toho Company
- Distributor : La Rabbia
- Photo Director : Asakazu Nakai
- Director : Akira Kurosawa
- Scenario : Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Shojiro Motoki
- Editing : Akira Kurosawa
- Sound Recorder : Fumio Yanoguchi
- Costume Design : Kôhei Ezaki
- Producer : Shojiro Motoki
- Set Decoration : Takashi Matsuyama
- Original Music : Fumio Hayasaka
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1954
- French release date : 2 décembre 1955
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : Japanese
Bonus exclusive content
- See special feature
Cédric Klapisch
about Seven Samurai
of Akira Kurosawa
Bonus archives
- See special featureKurosawa, la voie
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- See special featureMaking-of
- See special featureAkira Kurosawa par Catherine Cadou, interprète et traductrice
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