Samurai 7
Samurai 7 tells the story of a village named Kanna. Every year
during the harvest a group of bandits come and steal away almost all of
the rice that had been harvested that year. Not only that, the bandits
are becoming more demanding, now taking women and children in addition
to rice.
The elder of Kanna Village has decided that to protect the village they must hire samurai
to fight against the bandits. However, the village has no money and
thus must find samurai willing to protect the village for a payment of
rice. Three members of the village leave to attempt to recruit samurai.
They travel to the city and search for samurai willing to work, and
after finding several samurai and having a few encounters with the local
government they return to Kanna village to prepare defenses against the
bandits.
The samurai train the villagers in the use of bows, building walls, and construct a giant ballista
to defend the village against the bandits. After successfully defeating
the bandits, the samurai then launch an attack upon the capital to
defeat a power-hungry ruler who has recently risen to power as Emperor.
After heavy casualties for the samurai, and the near-destruction of
Kanna village, the capital is finally defeated.
'UNLIMITED'
deai ha arashi no youni otozurete watashi no kokoro kaete shimau
isshoni ireba nanimo kowakunai kono sekai no owari sae
wakari aeru koto mo wakachi au koto mo utakata no youni
toki no suna ni magire tsukami kirenai to akirameteta anata ni au made ha
"dore kurai itami wo hitori de kakaete kite tano?
dore kurai sabashisa hitomi ni kakushite hohoen dano?"
deai no kiseki wo ima dakishimete mitsume attara tsuyoku nareru
kore wo ai to yobanai tosuru nara ima, dore wo ai to yobu no?
"kimi ga omou youna hito dehanai ga mo boku ha shirenakute"
sore demo kimeta no ha kono omoi no mama eranda koto ni nanimo kuihanai
kono mama de jikan ga tomareba fuan mo nai noni
kono mama de, ude no naka eien sagashite hitomi wo tojita
deai ha mahou no youni isshun de mune no itami mo keshite shimau
kore wo unmei to yobanai tosureba ima, dore wo unmei to yobu no?
deai no kiseki wo ima dakishimete mitsume attara tsuyoku nareru
kore wo ai to yobanai tosuru nara ima, dore wo ai to yobu no?
ENDING THEME
'Fuhen'
Kakurega ni sunda okina ga tada
Tooku wo mitsumeteita
Akanbou wa naku hahaoya kara
Atatakasa dake motomete
Dareka no batsu to dareka no tsumi wo
Tsugunai nagara umareru
Sukui younonai mirai nantenai
Ima wa sizukani kakoni
Kireigoto dake wo narabete
Kireigoto dake de usotsuite
Kakari furu ame no naka
Nanika ga ukabi kieteku
Gozen chuu beddo ni iru dake de
Nanto naku jikan wa sugiru
Ikiru koto nante mijika sugi te
Shippeigaeshi mo aru kara
Akirameru koto yo
Umaku naru koto wo
Machigae te mo hitsuyou nai
Anata ga keiken
Shi ta koto wa dare mo
Rikai nante deki nai
Jibun no ibasho mo nai mama
Yatara sugi te ku toki mo kitte
Kakari furu ame no naka
Nanika ga katachi kae te ku
Kakari furu ame no naka
Nanika ga ukabi kie te ku
Kireigoto de uso tsuku
Kakari furu ame no naka
Nanika ga katachi kae te ku
CHARACTERS OF SAMURAI 7
- Okamoto Katsushiro (カツシロウ) Voiced by: Romi Paku (Japanese), Sean Michael Teague (English)
- Katsushiro is a young and inexperienced samurai who wishes to be Kanbei's student, calling him sensei almost from their first meeting. He idolizes the principles of bushido. He promises to protect Kirara no matter what, and seems to be attracted to her. He grows stronger and more skillful throughout the series, eventually becoming a worthy student of Kanbei; and he also comes to terms with killing enemies, after reacting in shock the first time. He becomes strong enough to deflect the capital's main cannon, and defeated numerous bandits all by himself. He gains emotional strength as well, and understands what his true reason for becoming a samurai is. After turning down Kirara in the end, he explains to her that he intends to continue his life on the battlefield. After hearing this, he receives Kanbei's sword from him in recognition as his student. Unlike in the original movie, he shows more focus on becoming a samurai and improving his skills greatly in the anime (where in the original he was preoccupied with a love affair). He is the fifth samurai
- Kirara (キララ) Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
- Kirara is a Mikumari (water maiden, a village priestess) of Kanna. She decides to go find the samurais to be brought back to her village, while admitting that she also wanted to see the outside world. She possesses a dowsing crystal on a necklace which allows her to detect the flow of groundwater and to read others' hearts. She rejects Katsushiro's love, and later shown to have fell for Kanbei instead, who rejected her for his own reasons.
- Shimada Kanbei (カンベエ) Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (Japanese), Robert Bruce Elliott (English)
- Kanbei is a wise samurai who has survived many battles, though he feels no joy from them. Many of his friends have died in those battles. He constantly lives in the shadow of his painful and violent past, rejecting Kirara after stating that his heart is dried up. He leads the group during their battles and usually plans strategy. In the end, after understanding Katsushiro has become a successful samurai, he passes his sword onto him as he leaves Kanna village ahead of him and Shichirouji. He is the first samurai.
- Shichiroji (シチロージ) Voiced by: Tohru Kusano (Japanese), Duncan Brannan (English)
- Shichiroji initially fought side by side in the Great War with Kanbei, and is often referred to as "Kanbei's old wife." ("Mate" in the English series) He temporarily leaves behind his successful post-war business at the Firefly Inn, and with it, his beautiful girlfriend/fiance, to join Kanbei in battle once again. He has a prosthetic left hand which has a grappling hook capability with his index finger. In combat he uses a type of spear; the only samurai not using a sword. This is probably a reference to his using a spear mainly during the final battle in the original movie (though normally he carried a sword). His girlfriend, Yukino, has nicknamed him Momotaro, from the traditional Japanese tale, because she found him, badly injured after a battle, floating down a river inside a capsule reminiscent of a peach. He is the fourth samurai.
- Hayashida Heihachi (ヘイハチ) Voiced by: Junji Inukai (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
- Heihachi is a genial samurai who wishes to avoid fighting as much as possible and prefers to eat rice instead. During the Great War, he took a position as a combat engineer, which kept him off the front lines but also used his mechanical skills. He is discovered chopping wood in exchange for food or devices that interest him. He is most helpful within the group as their mechanic, and orchestrates the construction of medieval-type weapons. However, he harbors a deep hatred for traitors as he was one himself, which resulted in his whole unit being killed. He is crushed by a huge iron bar. Before dying, he shouts out: "I'll be in the rice" or "Find me in the rice". Within the series, he talks about the old tradition of the "seven rice kami" inside every grain of rice. He dies with a smile, and shows himself to be friendly and jovial till his end. He is the third samurai.
- Kikuchiyo (キクチヨ) Voiced by: Kong Kuwata (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)
- Kikuchiyo is a cyborg with a mechanized exoskeleton. He is originally a peasant until becoming a samurai to help others. He is often looked upon as a clown or a bother, as he gets angry easily and often causes trouble with his loud noise and clumsy ways. He is accepted as the seventh samurai after revealing he was also a farmer, like the peasants of Kanna. He carries the largest of the swords, which also acts as a chainsaw. He is fiercely loyal to Kanbei, and, when given recognition, he returns favors fourfold. He is well liked by the villagers, especially by little Komachi, who asks him to become her husband when she grows up, a request that he accepts in return for her keeping his fake family tree. He is the last to be killed, he died protecting Kanna from the crashing capital. He shows his true determination and strength here, and proves himself to be a worthy samurai.
- Katayama Gorobei (ゴロベエ) Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (Japanese), Bob Carter (English)
- Gorobei is a skilled samurai who has made his living since the wars' end by entertaining people on the city streets. He is also a veteran of the Great War, so he knows Kanbei by reputation. He is very skilled at dodging blows and can pluck arrows and darts from the air. This ability was presumably based of the fact that in the original movie, Gorobei was able to sense (from a few feet outside the door) Katsushiro's waiting to hit him inside the hut. He often makes light of rather serious or dangerous situations. He is also quite smart, in his own unique way. He is the first to be killed when saving the rest of the samurai from bullet fire during the bandits raid. To him, all the world was a stage and the people, merely players. He is the second samurai.
- Kyuzo (キュウゾウ) Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese), Sonny Strait (English)
- Kyuzo is originally a nearly silent, mysterious bodyguard for Ayamaro. In that role, he fights with Kanbei, and he later joins the group with the stated intent of saving Kanbei's life so that he can later fight Kanbei to the death. Kyuzo is an incredibly skilled fighter, wielding double blades that fit into one sheath on his back. He's accidentally killed by Katsushiro when Katsushiro used a gun to protect Kanbei because his sword was broken. Rather than showing anger to Katsushiro or regret of his own life, he instead expresses his anticipation of fighting Kanbei in the after world. He is the sixth samurai.
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