Seven Samurai
1954 · 207 MIN · IMDB 8.6 · 381,132 VOTES · DIR. Akira Kurosawa
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,332 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 TOHO COMPANY PRESENTS
00:05:24 What's the use?
00:11:19 I warned you
00:17:11 What else can we do?
00:26:19 losing battles, all of them
00:31:30 Do you have any pity?
00:36:53 So alert a fencer!
00:45:06 Haven't you ever seen firewood cut?
00:51:37 "Train yourself
00:58:23 "Born on February 17, the 2nd year of Tensho"
01:08:13 What's wrong?
01:15:23 Give me a good name
01:23:31 Yes, Sir! I'm coming!
01:30:32 So what should farmers do?
01:38:49 there must be great misery, I'm afraid
01:43:13 Listen, men!
01:55:57 Incidentally, you're a man of few words
02:05:14 - They're here! - How do you know?
02:12:28 A day's walk
02:26:45 I know!
02:37:26 I'm Rikichi!
02:48:53 Four killed just now
03:02:05 Let's expect them to come in the morning determined and desperate
03:12:01 My daughter's been seduced!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,332
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line03:12:01
Production Record
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
LanguageJapanese
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue$105,000,000
IMDb votes381,132