Editing Seven Samurai (section)

===Theatrical===
At 207 minutes, including a five-minute intermission with music, ''Seven Samurai'' was the longest film of Kurosawa's career. Fearing that international audiences would be unwilling to sit through the entire picture, Toho Studios, alongside Kurosawa himself, originally removed 50 minutes from the film for international distribution & reshowing in Japan.<ref name=":3" /> This "General Release" cut distributed around the world until the 1990s; since then, the complete version is usually seen.

The film was released in the United States in 1955, initially under the title ''The Magnificent Seven''.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=LaFave |first=Kenneth |date=February 6, 1983 |title=Full-length 'Samurai' is masterful |pages=73 |work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162688962/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 21, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421134259/https://www.newspapers.com/image/162688962/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Daily">{{cite news |last1=Hale |first1=Wanda |title=The Guild Presents Fine Japanese Film |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/455680836/ |access-date=April 21, 2022 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=November 20, 1956 |page=50 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421135802/https://www.newspapers.com/image/455680836/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1959 |title=New Shoes: "The Magnificent Seven" |pages=14 |work=[[Spokane Chronicle]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/565651391/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 21, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421134300/https://www.newspapers.com/image/565651391/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the 1960 release of the American remake ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'', the Japanese film's title reverted to its original ''Seven Samurai'' in the United States.<ref name=":0" />