It was the second-highest grossing domestic film in Japan in 1954. It took a year to shoot and faced many difficulties. It follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who hire seven rōnin (masterless samurai) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops.Īt the time, the film was the most expensive film made in Japan. The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. Seven Samurai ( Japanese: 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. ![]() Japan rentals: ¥268.2 million ( $2.3 million)
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