‘Seven Samurai’ released in Japan 60 years ago today (Apr 26 1954)


Video: 'Seven Samurai' trailer

(Monday, April 26, 1954)Seven Samurai, a 1954 Japanese period adventure drama film about a poor village that recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves from bandits, opened today in Japan.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa, the film starred Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune.