Seven Samurai (1954)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 207 min · Action, Drama
90.3 TOPICAL score · #98 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Seven Samurai (1954, directed by Akira Kurosawa) has a TOPICAL score of 90.3 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on critics and audience. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 98. Audiences: TMDB 8.5/10 (4,410 ratings) · IMDb 8.6/10. Wikipedia covers it in 73 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 98
- AudienceTMDB 8.5/10 (4,410 ratings) · IMDb 8.6/10
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 73 languages
- Still read97,814 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Toshirō Mifune (actor #16), Takashi Shimura (actor #188), Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
“Influential in world cinema, Seven Samurai is considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10