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Seven Samurai

Name: Seven Samurai
Genre: Action
Released: 1954
Duration: 207 min
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima

七人の侍

年份: 1954 (以英语打开)
导演: Akira Kurosawa (以英语打开)
片长: 207分钟Criterion new 4K digital restoration 版本资料来源 ↓

Seven Samurai is a 207-minute epic about a village recruiting seven fighters. Use its three movements—recruitment, preparation, and defence—as your map.

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制片国家: Japan (以英语打开)
语言: Japanese

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Seven Samurai: Seven paper banners stand above seven distant figures and a rain-soaked village.

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Seven Samurai on 4K or Blu-ray: which edition fits?

Check which disc contains the film. Criterion’s 4K set includes Seven Samurai on both UHD and Blu-ray. BFI’s standard 4K set pairs a UHD of the film with a Blu-ray of extras. If your player only plays regular Blu-rays, that distinction decides what you can watch.

The film in both formats

Criterion 4K + Blu-ray

1 UHD: film
2 Blu-rays: film + extras

Your player: Watch the UHD with a 4K UHD player, or use the included film Blu-ray with a Region A-compatible Blu-ray player.
Disc regions: The UHD is region-free. The North American Blu-rays are Region A.
Subtitles: Optional English subtitles, under Criterion’s policy for non-English-language films.

Criterion lists 1.37:1 for the UHD and 1.33:1 for the Blu-ray. Both formats include the film, but their listed framing differs.

Criterion’s 4K + Blu-ray edition

The film on UHD; extras on Blu-ray

BFI standard 4K

1 UHD: film
1 Blu-ray: extras

Your player: Choose this for a 4K UHD player. Its extras Blu-ray is not a Blu-ray copy of the main film.
Disc regions: BFI’s current product text does not specify the discs’ regions. Check BFIU0012 with the seller if importing, including the extras disc.
Subtitles: English subtitles are listed.

Look for “standard edition” and product code BFIU0012. An older limited-edition review may describe a different package.

BFI’s standard 4K edition

For a regular Blu-ray player

BFI Blu-ray

2-disc Blu-ray edition
Film on Blu-ray

Your player: A Region B-compatible Blu-ray player is enough. You do not need to buy a UHD player to watch this edition.
Disc regions: Region B, as specified on BFI’s product page.
Subtitles: English subtitles are listed.

Look for product code BFIB1546. This is the separate two-disc Blu-ray edition, rather than the extras disc supplied with BFI’s UHD.

BFI’s two-disc Blu-ray edition

Already own a Blu-ray?

Start with your player. Without UHD playback, a new 4K disc stays in its case. If you already own Criterion’s Blu-ray and can play UHD, the main-film addition in its combo is the UHD presentation; the presence of two Blu-rays alone does not make them new material. Compare the listed supplements with your existing edition before buying for extras.

What about HDR?

The current Criterion and BFI standard-edition product texts linked above do not settle the HDR specification. If Dolby Vision or HDR10 is your deciding factor, confirm the exact package before ordering. “4K” by itself does not answer that question.

Product details checked 12 September 2026. Playback and Criterion regions: Criterion’s technical support. Subtitle policy: Criterion’s FAQ.

Seven Samurai: names, actors and roles

Takashi Shimura plays Kambei, the leader. Toshiro Mifune plays Kikuchiyo, the volatile outsider. The other five bring different kinds of experience to the village’s defence. This guide identifies the seven in Kurosawa’s 1954 film without revealing who survives.

Who is who during the recruitment
Name and actor	Role in the group	How to recognise him
KambeiTakashi Shimura	The leader	An experienced fighter who gathers the group. The man who shaves his head to rescue a kidnapped child.
GorobeiYoshio Inaba	The seasoned recruit	A capable, thoughtful warrior drawn into the mission by Kambei’s character. His calm manner contrasts with Kikuchiyo’s exuberance.
ShichirojiDaisuke Kato	The old comrade	Kambei’s companion from earlier battles. Their easy familiarity comes from having fought together before this mission.
HeihachiMinoru Chiaki	The morale keeper	The cheerful, modest fighter. His humour and good nature give the group something that swordsmanship alone cannot supply.
KyuzoSeiji Miyaguchi	The sword specialist	The reserved fighter devoted to perfecting his skill. His concentration makes a sharp contrast with the more talkative men.
KatsushiroIsao Kimura	The young learner	The inexperienced samurai who looks up to Kambei and wants to learn from him. Follow his attention to the veterans.
KikuchiyoToshiro Mifune	The unruly outsider	The boisterous would-be samurai, full of physical energy. His arrival continually unsettles the others’ more controlled behaviour.

Official Japanese rerelease character guide · Criterion’s cast record

Two village names to keep separate

Rikichi (Yoshio Tsuchiya) is a villager seeking the warriors’ help. Shino (Keiko Tsushima) is the farmer Manzo’s daughter. They belong to the community the seven are hired to defend. BFI’s programme cast list also identifies the villagers.

Why is Kikuchiyo different? Character-background spoilers

Kikuchiyo is a farmer’s son who wants to become a samurai. In his angry speech to the other six, he describes the violence that samurai have inflicted on farming communities. Their fear and hostility are experiences he understands from within.

Philip Kemp’s Criterion essay reads him as someone able to see both sides of that hostility. His outburst changes how we understand his clowning: a man trying to join the warriors also knows the people who fear them.

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你将看到什么

Seven Samurai gives an epic scale to preparation, teamwork, and the practical problem of defending a community. Its long running time makes room for individual temperaments, village tensions, humour, weather, and waiting before action arrives. When movement erupts, the geography stays clear and every choice matters. The film feels large because Akira Kurosawa builds the group one human detail at a time.

如何轻松入门

Give the film an evening and use the intermission if your edition includes one. The first movement is recruitment, the second preparation, and the last defence; knowing that shape makes the length less imposing. You do not need to memorise seven names immediately. Notice each samurai's practical role, silhouette, or manner, and the group will become distinct through action.

观影提醒

简要提示，并非详尽清单 Contains sustained battle violence, death, class hostility, wartime trauma, sexual coercion, and threats against villagers.

Momo's Note 可能含剧透 Momo是谁？ → (以英语打开)

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I remember the waiting as much as the battle: measuring paths, counting horses, sharing food, learning who will hold which ground. The film earns its scale through preparation. Rain and mud eventually turn strategy into confusion, but because we have lived with the plan, every broken line carries weight. Community here is difficult work, not a slogan.

— Momo

演职员与版本

演员: Toshiro Mifune · Takashi Shimura · Keiko Tsushima
编剧: Akira Kurosawa · Hideo Oguni · Shinobu Hashimoto
制片: Sojiro Motoki
摄影: Asakazu Nakai

版本概览

Criterion new 4K digital restoration 207 min · restoration · US Criterion lists its 4K digital restoration at 207 minutes, with Japanese audio and the original monaural soundtrack. Other presentations may differ in length. 来源：Criterion Collection — Seven Samurai (1954) 片长参考资料 · 核查日期：2026-08-13

NFAJ 35 mm screening print 206 min · JP The National Film Archive of Japan lists a 35 mm black-and-white holding at 18,564.01 feet and 206 minutes. Its October 2020 programme also lists a 206-minute 35 mm screening with an interval; these records do not identify whether the same physical print was used. 来源：National Film Archive of Japan — Seven Samurai, October 2020 programme 来源：National Film Archive of Japan — Seven Samurai film holdings 核查日期：2026-09-24