Seven Samurai

The master Kambei (Takashi Shimura) and his would-be colleague (Ko Kimura), beginning their recruiting mission, watch as Seiji Miyaguchi (as Kyuzo), who had never handled a sword before, performs his introductory scene in Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, 1954

As the grandfather (Toranosuke Ogawa) tries to explain the villager's fears to Kambei (Takashi Shimura), Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) figures a way to get their attention, in Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, 1954.

Kambei (Takashi Shimura) and Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) offer differing comments at the funeral for the fallen Samurai Heihachi, which is interrupted as the bandits attack, in director Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, 1954.

The ruffian Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) and the protegè Katsushiro (Ko Kimura) watch the master Kambei (Takashi Shimura), disguising himself as a monk, rescue a hostage child, early in Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, 1954.

Takashi Shimura (as Kambei) issues orders and directs archers, while Toshiro Mifune (as Kikuchiyo) leads swordfighters, as the Samurai and the villagers face the bandits in this portion of the climactic battle sequence from Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, 1954.

Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) taunts his would-be comrades, en route with the peasant farmers to their village, and stages a fishing demonstration in Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, 1954.

Warriors fight to save a poor village from bandits in Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece and one of the greatest movies ever made, The Seven Samurai (1954).