Kambei Shimada

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Kambei Shimada is the wise, battle-hardened leader of the samurai group in Akira Kurosawa’s film "Seven Samurai," renowned as one of cinema’s most iconic warrior-mentors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
samurai
alignment heroic
appearsIn Seven Samurai NERFINISHED
appearsInBlackAndWhiteFilm true
appearsInFilmDirectedBy Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED
appearsInFilmReleasedIn 1954
characterTrait battle-hardened
compassionate
self-sacrificing
strategic
wise
countryOfOrigin Japan
creator Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED
fightsAgainst bandits
filmGenreContext samurai film
filmProductionCompany Toho NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Seven Samurai NERFINISHED
genre jidaigeki
hairStyle shaved head
hasMentorRelationshipWith Katsushiro Okamoto NERFINISHED
influenced later warrior-mentor characters in cinema
isLeaderOf team of ronin
knownFor shaving his head to disguise himself as a monk
tactical planning in battle
languageOfWork Japanese
leads group of seven samurai
medium cinema
moralCenterOf Seven Samurai NERFINISHED
narrativeRole mentor
protagonist
warrior-mentor
occupation samurai
portrayedBy Takashi Shimura NERFINISHED
protects farmers
village under attack by bandits
role leader of the samurai group
setting Sengoku-period Japan
teaches bushido values
tactics of village defense
teamMember Gorobei Katayama NERFINISHED
Heihachi Hayashida NERFINISHED
Katsushiro Okamoto NERFINISHED
Kikuchiyo NERFINISHED
Kyuzo NERFINISHED
Shichiroji NERFINISHED

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