Seven Samurai

Summary

Seven Samurai is a film^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,781 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Seven Samurai's image is recorded as Seven Samurai poster2.jpg^[3].
• Seven Samurai's instance of is recorded as film^[4].
• Seven Samurai's director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa^[5].
• Seven Samurai's screenwriter is recorded as Akira Kurosawa^[6].
• Seven Samurai's screenwriter is recorded as Shinobu Hashimoto^[7].
• Seven Samurai's screenwriter is recorded as Hideo Oguni^[8].
• Seven Samurai's composer is recorded as Fumio Hayasaka^[9].
• Seven Samurai's genre is recorded as drama film^[10].
• Seven Samurai's genre is recorded as samurai cinema^[11].
• Seven Samurai's genre is recorded as epic film^[12].
• Seven Samurai's genre is recorded as action film^[13].
• Seven Samurai's genre is recorded as historical drama^[14].
• Seven Samurai's genre is recorded as adventure film^[15].
• Seven Samurai's logo image is recorded as Seven Samurai logo.jpg^[16].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Takashi Shimura^[17].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Toshirō Mifune^[18].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Seiji Miyaguchi^[19].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Minoru Chiaki^[20].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Isao Kimura^[21].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Keiko Tsushima^[22].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Bokuzen Hidari^[23].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Yoshio Inaba^[24].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Daisuke Katō^[25].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Yoshio Tsuchiya^[26].
• Seven Samurai's cast member is recorded as Yukiko Shimazaki^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Seven Samurai's producer is recorded as Sōjirō Motoki^[28]. Its director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa^[5]. Screenwriters include Akira Kurosawa^[6], Shinobu Hashimoto^[7], and Hideo Oguni^[8]. Cast members include Takashi Shimura^[17], Toshirō Mifune^[18], Seiji Miyaguchi^[19], Minoru Chiaki^[20], Isao Kimura^[21], and Keiko Tsushima^[22].

Publication

Publication dates include +1954-04-26T00:00:00Z^[29], +1956-11-19T00:00:00Z^[30], +1965-09-20T00:00:00Z^[31], +1954-08-00T00:00:00Z^[32], and +1954-00-00T00:00:00Z^[33]. Seven Samurai's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese^[34]. Genres include drama film^[10], samurai cinema^[11], epic film^[12], action film^[13], historical drama^[14], and adventure film^[15].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include samurai^[35], premarital sex^[36], alcohol intoxication^[37], deception^[38], misunderstanding^[39], and false alarm^[40].

Reception

Reviews include 9.6/10^[41], 98/100^[42], 100%^[43], 8.6/10^[44], and 4.6/5^[45].

Why It Matters

Seven Samurai ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,781 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]