8.2/1045 votesLoading...#1 - The Era's End
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/25/2004
The final battle has arrived, and only four samurai remain! Will the remaining four all live to see the battle’s end? Will Ukyo finally be killed? Will the capital be stopped, or will it crush Kanna Village?
Director: Yasuhiro Kuroda
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
8.1/1052 votesLoading...#2 - The Bandits
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/28/2004
With Kikuchiyo captured by the Nobuseri, Kambei devises a way to rescue the would-be hero. Unfortunately for the remaining samurai, the Nobuseri have laid an ambush for them...
Director: N/A
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8.1/1051 votesLoading...#3 - The Attack
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/25/2004
The battle begins! As the Nobuseri head toward the village, the samurai and farmers make last preparations. Will they be prepared in time?
Director: N/A
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7.9/1046 votesLoading...#4 - The Storm
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/9/2004
The samurai prepare for the remaining Nobusari's attack, who are desperate after the loss of their ship. When the attack finally comes, one of the Seven will make his last stand...
Director: N/A
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7.9/1045 votesLoading...#5 - The Rescue
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/27/2004
Kambei manages to overpower his executioner in front of the masses, but is quickly deterred from any further action when Ukyo announces that he is pardoning the samurai and freeing the kidnapped women. This naturally occurs right as Katsushiro arrives to rescue Kambei. Just what is Ukyo’s plan?
Director: N/A
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7.9/1045 votesLoading...#6 - The Last Battle
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/25/2004
Kambei and the others arrive just in time. After a frontal assault on the capital, the samurai manage to get inside! Will they be able to kill Ukyo? Or, will they not even be able to get to him? Meanwhile, Katsushiro and Heihachi work on blowing up the capital. Will they succeed? By the end of the battle, who will be left standing, and who will have fallen?
Director: N/A
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7.8/1050 votesLoading...#7 - The Journey
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/28/2004
With the Nobuseri on their trail, Kambei splits everyone up into three groups. Each group takes a different route to Kanna Village. He takes Kikuchiyo, Katsushiro, and Komachi, while Gorobei, Heihachi, and Rikichi take another route. Shichiroji, Kyuzo, and Kirara take a third route. But, Kirara still doesn’t fully trust Kyuzo and his intentions...
Director: N/A
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7.7/1066 votesLoading...#8 - The Loner
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2004
Kambei and Gorobei easily dispatch of the assassins sent by Ayamaro. Angered, Ayamaro sends his two bodyguards, fellow samurai, after them. Will Kambei be able to defeat the two-sword wielding Kyuzo?
Director: N/A
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7.7/1058 votesLoading...#9 - The Drifter
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2004
Kirara and the samurai continue looking for more help. After long days of finding no one, they come across a samurai who chops wood. The samurai is very skilled with both the sword and machines, but he has never killed a man. Will he join them? And, can he stand strong in the face of battle?
Director: N/A
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7.7/1046 votesLoading...#10 - The Offering
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/2004
Ukyou is informed about all the going-ons including that the Nobuseri are having a war in Kanna village. Ukyou decided to stop the samurai hunt and not telling his father about the two missing bodyguards. Meanwhile, the villagers continue with their trap to sneak into the enemy's ship. Will their plan succeed? And what will happen to the Nobuseri?
Director: Futoshi Higashide
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.6/1048 votesLoading...#11 - The Truth
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/11/2004
With the traitor discovered, the samurai are at odds over what should be done with him. Meanwhile, Katsushiro tries to come to terms with his feelings over the first life he has taken. And, later, Kikuchiyo reveals a startling secret.
Director: N/A
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7.6/1043 votesLoading...#12 - The Oaths
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/11/2004
As Katsushiro and the villagers of Kanna prepare for the upcoming battle, Kambei and the others organize a means of reaching the capital. The final battle is approaching!
Director: N/A
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7.5/1045 votesLoading...#13 - The Gun and the Calm
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/9/2004
After defeating the Nobuseri’s ship, the samurai head back to the village and prepare for their next, even tougher battle with the bandits. As everyone prepares, Heihachi has a heart-to-heart with Katsushiro. Elsewhere, Kambei and Shichiroji do the same. How long will the peace last…?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1043 votesLoading...#14 - The Divide
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/27/2004
The samurai begin to divide even more, as Katsushiro leaves the group. Things continue on a bad path, when Ayamaro informs everyone of Ukyo’s plan. With five of the samurai gathered together, what will their next plan of action be?
Director: N/A
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7.4/1048 votesLoading...#15 - The Village
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/11/2004
The samurai arrive at Kanna Village, but find that many of the inhabitants seem to be missing. While Kambei meets with the village elder, Kikuchiyo discovers that the women of the village have gone into hiding along with the rice. He reveals this to the other samurai and they begin the work of preparing the village for the coming battle with the Nobuseri. But, a traitor lurks in the village's midst...
Director: N/A
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama
7.4/1045 votesLoading...#16 - The Emperor
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/23/2004
Kambei meets with the Guardians and claims that he killed Amanushi's envoy in Ayamoro's house, which began the samurai round up in the first place, so that they will take him to the capital city. Although he's going there as a prisoner, Kambei is not without a plan to save the women kidnapped by the Nobuseri.
Director: N/A
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7.3/1053 votesLoading...#17 - The Fool
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/24/2004
A man who was part of the Imperial Envoy is murdered and the Samurai are being blamed. The emperor wants all the Samurai and their companions captured - dead or alive. Kambei and the others find a way to escape. Can they succeed? And if so, will they be able to without a casualty...
Director: N/A
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7.3/1044 votesLoading...#18 - The Lies
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/11/2004
Kambei and the others leave Firefly House to begin their war on the capitol. They have made many promises up until now, and they each intend to fulfill them. Meanwhile, Katsushiro has some problems when he spots Ukyo’s men attempting to burn down Kanna!
Director: N/A
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7.2/1067 votesLoading...#19 - The Pupil
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/12/2004
Kirara's Dowsing Crystal found a samurai strong enough to lead them, but he refuses to help. Volunteering instead is the untried Katsushiro, but the Crystal does not point to him. Could Kirara's tool of divination be wrong? The answer must come quickly, when the Magistrates pleasure-loving son kidnaps Kirara, and the young samurai faces his first real test.
Director: N/A
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7.2/1063 votesLoading...#20 - The Entertainer
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2004
After Kirara is rescued from Ukyo's abduction, Kambei decides to help them, being the first samurai recruited. Meanwhile, Katsushiro and Kikuchiyo start heading back to the base. They come across Gorobei, a street entertainer. He tells Katsushiro that he should play his game of arrows. If Katsushiro wins, then Gorobei will wind up dead. Is Gorobei more than just talk? And what will happen when Ayamaro, Ukyo's father, sends assassins after the samurai?
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7.2/1053 votesLoading...#21 - The Friend
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/2004
With Ukyo hot on their trail, Kambei and the others visit his old friend, Shichiroji, at an inn in the city of Kougakyo. Shichiroji tells them of a secret passage they can use to escape. Will they be able to loose Ukyo? Will Shichiroji join them or will he stay behind with Yukino? And, what has happened to Kikuchiyo?
Director: N/A
Writer: Shuuichi Kouyama
7.2/1052 votesLoading...#22 - The Guardians
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/14/2004
The group rests up in Honoka's, a girl they met who works for the guardians, house. But, when the Nobuseri arrive and the samurai decide to not interfere in their trading with the guardians, Rikichi won't stand idle by. And neither will Kikuchiyo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1043 votesLoading...#23 - The Mutiny
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/13/2004
While Katsushiro, Kikuchiyo, Kirara, and Komachi plan to save Kambei from the Amanushi, Ukyo is chosen as the successor of Amanushi with a shocking discovery. Even more shocking is what he does next!
Director: Jiro Fujimoto
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka, Shuuichi Kouyama
7.1/1043 votesLoading...#24 - The Execution
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/13/2004
With Ukyo as the new Amanushi, his plan begins to reveal itself. He places samurai in every village of the empire, ordering them to follow the model of the “Seven of Kanna Village”. Meanwhile, he orders the Nobuseri to continue with their raids, but secretly confides to Tessai that he is planning to eliminate them. While Ukyo’s plan unravels, Kambei awaits his execution, but is he without a plan? Elsewhere, Katsushiro and the others make their way to the capital. Can they make it in time?
Director: N/A
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7.0/1077 votesLoading...#25 - The Master
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/12/2004
Enter a world where there was a large-scale war between samurai and the Nobuseri or mechanized Samurai bandits. The samurai fought a losing battle and retreated. The war ends with an uneasy peace. Now the Nobuseri plague a small village taking all their food and supplies from time to time. Now, its up to a priestess, Kirara Mikumari, her sister Komachi, and her friend, Rikichi, to find samurai to aid them and fend off the Nobuseri. But, can they find samurai who will help them for free? And how much time do they have before the Nobuseri come again?
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Samurai 7
Every episode of Samurai 7 ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Samurai 7!
As villages perish under the thumb of a cruel race of warriors, a young priestess named Kirara travels the countryside gathering stray samurais.
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:ANIMAX
Best Episodes Summary
"The Era's End" is the best rated episode of "Samurai 7". It scored 8.2/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Yasuhiro Kuroda and written by Atsuhiro Tomioka, it aired on 12/25/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Bandits".