Brief of movie Seven Samurai

Here I am giving brief of one of the movie "Sevan Samurai" that I have seen and I am vary much impressed by the story of the movie and director's work . I will show this movie to my students also.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Produced by Sojiro Motoki

Written by Akira Kurosawa

Starring Takashi Shimura
Toshiro Mifune

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese film co-written, edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film takes place in warring states period Japan (the late 16th century). It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven masterless samurai to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops.
A village of Japanese farmers are under threat of attack by a gang of 'forty' marauding bandits. Desperate to rid themselves of the threat, they hold a meeting to think of a solution, and a young villager named Rikichi proposes they fight back. In turmoil, they go to the village elder, who tells them to fight, and to go find samurai to help defend the village, but some are skeptical, knowing that samurai are expensive to enlist. Recognizing the practical impossibility of finding samurai who would help them despite their poverty, , the village elder tells them to therefore find "hungry samurai". they are eventually able to convince Kambei, an aging and wise warrior, to help them. Kambei goes around the city and eventually finds five other masterless samurai to fight with him, plus a sixth tag-along, Kikuchiyo, a pseudo-samurai looking for excitement.
The middle of the film follows preparations for the defense of the village. Fortifications are built, and a raid is made on the bandit stronghold , villagers are trained in basic fighting techniques, and Katsushiro, the youngest samurai, begins a love affair with the daughter of one of the villagers who had been forced to masquerade as a boy. The second half of the film chronicles the battle between the samurai-led village militia and the bandits. The bandits are confounded by the fortifications put in place by the samurai, and several are killed attempting to scale the defenses or cross moats. In fact, all four samurai who die in the film are killed by distant gunfire, rather than in single combat. During the night of siege, Katsushiro's affair is revealed, and after an initial uproar, his amorous adventures provide comic relief to the embattled militia.

In the ensuing confrontation, Kyuo is killed by musket fire from the bandit chief. Enraged, Kikuchiyo bravely pursues revenge, only to be shot in the belly himself. Despite this wound Kikuchiyo pursues and kills the bandit chief, finally proving his worth as a samurai and dying honorably. The battle is ultimately won for the villagers. The three surviving samurai, Kambei, Katsushiro, and Shichiroji are left to observe the villagers happily planting the next rice crop.

Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) — The leader of the group and the first "recruited" by the villagers, he is a wise but war-weary samurai.

Gisaku (Kuninori Takadō) — The village patriarch, who tells the villagers to hire samurai to protect themselves.

Manzo(Kamatari Fujiwara) — He fears for his daughter's safety with all these attractive samurai around.

Shino (Keiko Tsushima) — Manzo's daughter, who falls in love with Katsushiro.

By Sharad Chandra Shukla