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SILVER LION VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
SEVEN SAMURAI
A NEW PRINT OF THE ORIGINAL UNCUT VERSION
REVIVAL SCREENINGS BEGIN AT TOHO YOGA THEATERS NOV. 1991
TOHO CO., LTD.
SEVEN SAMURAI
TRAILER
A TIME OF CIVIL WAR...
In a small mountain village,
four samurai lie buried.
In a mad age obsessed with ambition and glory,
seven samurai turned their backs on fame and wealth
and fought to protect a village of oppressed farmers.
This is their story.
They disappeared, nameless, with the wind.
And yet...
their kind hearts
and courageous actions
are spoken of to this day.
They are the true samurai.
SAMURAI
SEVEN SAMURAI
A powerful epic directed by Akira Kurosawa.
SEVEN SAMURAI
This was their battle flag.
What do the symbols mean?
This represents a field: That is, the farmers and this village.
- And those circles? - Those are us.
TAKASHI SHIMURA as KAMBEl
YOSHIO INABA as GOROBEl
DAISUKE KATO as SHICHIROJI
SEIJI MIYAGUCHI as KYUZO
MINORU CHIAKI as HEIHACHI
ISAO KIMURA as KATSUSHIRO
There's only six. You leaving me out?
No, this triangle's Lord Kikuchiyo.
That's a good one!
TOSHIRO MIFUNE as KIKUCHIYO
The odd man out among the seven,
wild and bursting with energy.
Goddamn! Here they come!
Bandits, products of the civil war, prey on the villagers like wolves.
KEIKO TSUSHIMA as SHINO
Are we all going to die tomorrow?
There's no way to know.
PASSION IN THE CHAOS OF WAR But we might!
A FILM BY AKIRA KUROSAWA
Driving rain pours down on the decisive battle.
There are 13 left.
We'll let them all in.
Once they pass this point,
we close in from all sides at the crossing.
Everything's riding on this battle!
RAIN
AND MUD
SWEAT
AND BLOOD
WILL THEY WIN?
WILL THEY DIE?
ALL WILL BE DECIDED IN A GRUESOME CLIMAX!
THE MOST POWERFUL FILM IN JAPANESE HISTORY
SEVEN SAMURAI
FINALLY COMPLETE IN ALL ITS GLORY!
COMING SOON