Blu-ray release: ‘Seven Samurai’

By   |  Aug 6, 2024

BFI are bringing the 1954 Japanese epic samurai action movie ‘Seven Samurai’ (七人の侍) to UK Blu-ray on October 21, 2024.

Co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, the film tells the story of a village of desperate farmers who seek to hire samurai to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. The cast includes Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Kato, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Isao Kimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Tsuchiya, and Bokuzen Hidari.

Synopsis: When 16th-century farmers whose village is repeatedly attacked by merciless bandits ask an elderly, masterless samurai (Takashi Shimura) for help, offering nothing but food in return, he hesitantly agrees and assembles a band of warriors to defend and train the villagers.

Features:
• Newly restored in 4K by Toho and presented in HD
• New audio commentary by Adrian Martin
• Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create – Seven Samurai (2002, 50 mins)
• The Art of Akira Kurosawa (2013, 49 mins)
• Original trailer
• BFI rerelease trailer
• Double-sided poster featuring artwork by Matt Needle and the BFI’s poster designed for the film’s rerelease
• A set of four postcards featuring iconic scenes from the film
• Perfect-bound book featuring new and archival writing on the film
• Updated and improved English subtitles

‘Seven Samurai’ is available to pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk.

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