Episode #12 – The Magnificent Seven Samurai, Part 3 (七人の侍／荒野の七人)
Seven Samurai (1954)
七人の侍 [Shichi-nin no Samurai]
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Akira Kurosawa
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. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.
Cast
Takashi Shimura – Kambei Shimada
Toshirô Mifune – Kikuchiyo
Yoshio Inaba – Gorobei Katayama
Seiji Miyaguchi – Kyuzo
Minoru Chiaki – Heihachi Hayashida
Daisuke Katô – Shichiroji
Isao Kimura – Katsushiro Okamoto
Yoshio Tsuchiya – Rikichi
Bokuzen Hidari – Yohei
Keiko Tsushima – Shino
Kokuten Kôdô – Gisaku
Trailer
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBfgNpSQm3I[/embedyt]The Magnificent Seven (1960)
荒野の七人 [Kôya no Shichi-nin]
Directed by John Sturges
Written by Walter Bernstein, Walter Newman, and William Roberts
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Cast
Yul Brynner – Chris Adams
Eli Wallach – Calvera
Steve McQueen – Vin
Charles Bronson – Bernardo O’Reilly
Robert Vaughn – Lee
Brad Dexter – Harry Luck
James Coburn – Britt
Horst Buchholz – Chico
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos – Hilario
Rosena Monteros – Petra
