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The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town

FilmSuggest Rating:    3.6/5 (16 votes) 

Director(s):

Writer(s):

Actors:

Agetsu, Hiroshi | Akitsu, Yu | Amami, Ryutaro | Amano, Goro | Chiaki, Minoru | Chiba, Ichir� | Fujiwara, Kamatari | Hayashi, Miki (I) | Hidari, Bokuzen | Hirose, Shoichi |

Release Date:

December 31, 1970

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama

Plot:

A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village. Colin Tinto A village is constantly attacked by well armed bandits. One day after an attack they seek the wisdom of an elder who tells them they cannot afford weapons, but they can find men with weapons, samurai, who will fight for them, if they find samurai who are in down on their luck and wondering where their next meal will come from. They find a very experienced samurai with a good heart who agrees to recruit their party for them. He selects five genuine samurai and one who is suspect but the seven return to the village to protect it from the forty plus bandits. John Vogel In 17th century Japan, farmers in a small village face the prospect of again losing their crops to a band of roving thieves. Their solution is to go to the nearest city and see if they can hire samurai to protect them. The farmers are poor and can only offer food and lodging but they soon recruit Kambei Shimada who determines that they will need a total of seven samurai to properly guard the village. Slowly, he recruits other samurai for their task and once complete, move tho the village. There they teach the farmers basic self defense and fortify the village itself. When the bandits attack, they are prepared but suffer many losses. garykmcd

Plot Keywords:

katana | asia | sheath | 16th-century | morality | moral-ambiguity | hope | bandit | katana-sword | showdown |

MPAA Rating:

Not Available

Runtime:

USA:207 min
160 min
Argentina:163 min
Japan:206 min
Sweden:202 min
UK:150 min
UK:190 min
USA:141 min
USA:203 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Company:

Toho Company [jp]