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Seven Samurai released

Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai released April 26, 1954

The victory belongs to those peasants. Not to us.
Kambei Shimada 

七人の侍

Seven Samurai stamp

“Seven Samurai”, 1954 
From the series Japanese Films (Masterpieces of the past)
Japanese Post released this October 10, 2006
Designer: Fumiaki Kanematsu 兼松 史晃 

The 20 stamp Japanese Film set also included an excellent cancel.

兼松 史晃  Japanese Film cancel

 A Time of Honor:Seven Samurai and Sixteenth-Century Japan | Current | The Criterion Collection

 

Movie poster for Seven Samurai 1954 in Japanese

Poster Toho Company Ltd. (東宝株式会社, Tōhō Kabushiki-kaisha) – movie poster made by Toho Company Ltd. (東宝株式会社, Tōhō Kabushiki-kaisha)