Kurosawa’s thrilling film epic tells the story of desperate inhabitants of a sixteenth-century village who hire seven samurai to protect them from bandits. The influential action-adventure film had a huge impact on later westerns and action films.

This monumental action-adventure film – featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura – weaves philosophy and entertainment, subtle human emotions and relentless action into a rich, evocative historical thriller and moral-political fable all in one. A village of rice farmers hires a group of samurai to defend them from marauding bandits. 4K restoration by Toho.

As a celebration of Kurosawa’s return to the big screen, we will be selling fresh Japanese Gyoza at the bar!

Important: There will be a 15 minute break during the screening.