Essential Art House - 50 Years of Janus Films

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1.	El Espiritu De La Colmena	1973
2.	Fröken Julie	1951
3.	Pandora's Box	1929
4.	Pepe Le Moko	1937
5.	Il Posto	1961
6.	Pygmalion	1938
7.	Rashômon	1951
8.	Richard Iii	1955
9.	The Rules Of The Game	1939
10.	Seven Samurai	1954
11.	Det Sjunde Inseglet	1957
12.	La Strada	1954
13.	Summertime	1955
14.	Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot	1953
15.	The Third Man	1949
16.	The 39 Steps	1935
17.	Ugetsu	1953
18.	Umberto D.	1952
19.	Virgin Spring	1960
20.	Viridiana	1961
21.	Wages Of Fear	1953
22.	White Sheik	1952
23.	Smultronstället	1957
24.	Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist	1979
25.	Love Goddesses	1965
26.	Great Chase	1962
27.	Grand Illusion: Essential Art House	1937
28.	Ashes And Diamonds	1958
29.	L'avventura	1960
30.	Ballad Of A Soldier	1959
31.	La Belle Et La Bête	1946
32.	Orfeu Negro	1959
33.	Brief Encounter	1945
34.	The Fallen Idol	1948
35.	Nobi	1959
36.	I Pugni In Tasca	1965
37.	Floating Weeds	1959
38.	Forbidden Games	1952
39.	Alexander Nevsky	1938
40.	Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages	1922
41.	Ikiru	1952
42.	The Importance Of Being Earnest	1952
43.	Ivan The Terrible: Part 2	1958
44.	Le Jour Se Lève	1939
45.	Jules Et Jim	1962
46.	Kind Hearts And Coronets	1949
47.	Knife In The Water	1962
48.	The Lady Vanishes	1938
49.	Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp	1943
50.	Loves Of A Blonde	1965
51.	M	1931
52.	The 400 Blows	1959

Seven Samurai

Criterion/Voyager (Apr 26, 1954)

Action | Drama | Foreign | War

Japan | Japanese | Black & White | 03:27

8.6

369,042

1 disc

Region 1

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.

Cast View all

	Toshirô Mifune	Kikuchiyo
	Takashi Shimura	Kambei Shimada
	Keiko Tsushima	Shino
	Yukiko Shimazaki	Wife
	Kamatari Fujiwara	Farmer Manzo
	Daisuke Katô	Shichiroji
	Isao Kimura	Katsushiro
	Minoru Chiaki	Heihachi
	Seiji Miyaguchi	Kyuzo
	Yoshio Kosugi	Farmer Mosuke
	Bokuzen Hidari	Farmer Yohei
	Yoshio Inaba	Gorobei Katayama
	Yoshio Tsuchiya	Farmer Rikichi
	Kokuten Kodo	Old Man Gisaku
	Eijiro Tono	Thief
	Kichijiro Ueda	Bandit Scout
	Jun Tatara	Coolie A
	Atsushi Watanabe	Bun Seller
	Toranosuke Ogawa	Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
	Isao Yamagata	Samurai
	Sôjin Kamiyama	Blind Player
	Gen Shimizu	Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
	Keiji Sakakida	Gosaku
	Shinpei Takagi	Bandit Chieftain
	Shin Otomo	Bandit Second-in-Command

Crew View all

Director	Akira Kurosawa
Writer	Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Producer	Sojiro Motoki
Musician	Fumio Hayasaka
Photography	Asakazu Nakai