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1 videodisc (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Originally released as motion picture in 1954.
Released as part of the "Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films."
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatare Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya.
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.