Name: Samurai 7
Released: 2004-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Kong Kuwata, Masaki Terasoma, Shin'ichirô Miki

TV Show · Anime · Drama

Set in a futuristic world at the end of a massive war, scores of villages are terrorized by Nobuseri bandits. But these are no normal bandits. These former Samurai integrated their living cells with machines and now appear more machine than man. Absolute power corrupts, and their reign of terror is increasing its hold on the countryside.

2004 · 26m

Starring Kong Kuwata, Masaki Terasoma, Shin'ichirô Miki

Director Toshifumi Takizawa

EPISODE 1

The Master

Facing starvation at the hands of the Nobuseri, the farmers of Kanna Village send Kirara, Komachi, and Rikichi on a journey to find samurai who will protect their people.

24 min
EPISODE 2

The Pupil

The young, untried samurai Katsushiro volunteers his services to Kirara -- and gets a chance to prove his worth when Kirara is kidnapped by the Magistrate's son.

24 min
EPISODE 3

The Entertainer

Since the Great War ended, samurai struggle to find new ways to survive; for one battle-scarred man, that means entertainment, exploiting his skills for daily bread; he may be exactly what the farmers need.

24 min
EPISODE 4

The Loner

The group has gotten the Magistrate's attention and he orders them executed, farmers and samurai alike; as they battle a string of assassins, Kambei encounters a silent, skilled samurai he is determined to recruit.

24 min
EPISODE 5

The Drifter

Kambei's frustrated group hears of a wandering, moneyless man who chops wood with his sword to pay for meals; as they soon learn, that is only the start of this nomad's peculiar, rice-loving, philosophizing ways.

24 min
EPISODE 6

The Fool

After the Imperial Envoy is murdered, a citywide hunt for all samurai begins; the team plans a fast escape, but blundering Kikuchiyo seizes the moment to prove himself to the team.

24 min