Seven Samurai Drinking Game Rules
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Gather your friends for a Seven Samurai drinking game built around Kurosawa's village defense. You will follow Kambei as he recruits fighters, plans traps, and faces a bandit raid. Kikuchiyo's wild pride and Heihachi's humor keep the game lively before the battle turns grim.
The rules track the film's best character beats as well as its clash in the rain. By the time the farmers return to their fields, every victory carries a cost.
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How to Play the Seven Samurai Drinking Game
The rules as written.
- Take a sip whenever the villagers fear the bandits are coming
- Drink when Kambei shaves his head to rescue a kidnapped boy
- Take a sip whenever Kikuchiyo tries to prove he belongs with the samurai
- Drink when Kikuchiyo's family scroll makes the samurai laugh
- Take a sip whenever Heihachi laughs or cracks a joke
- Drink when Kyūzō wins the duel against a samurai who refuses to accept defeat
- Drink when Kikuchiyo finds the villagers' hidden stash of samurai armor
- Drink when Kikuchiyo blames the samurai for making the farmers fearful and sly
- Take a sip when Katsushirō and Shino slip away to be alone
- Take a sip whenever the villagers build or guard a barricade
- Drink when Kambei explains why the village defenses need a gap
- Drink when Heihachi's flag rises over the village
- Take a sip whenever Kambei marks another bandit off the count
- Drink when Kyūzō returns from a raid with a bandit's gun
- Drink when Kikuchiyo leaves his post to capture a gun
- Take a sip whenever the defenders pull a bandit from his horse
- Drink when Kikuchiyo carries a baby from the burning mill
- Finish your drink when Kambei says, "The farmers have won. Not us"
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About the Movie
- Title
- Seven Samurai
- Released
- 19 Nov 1956
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 207 min
- Genre
- Action, Drama
- Plot
- A veteran samurai who has fallen on hard times answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers six other samurai to help him. They teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and the townspeople supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
- Language
- Japanese
