Kikuchiyo from Seven Samurai

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Kikuchiyo is the brash, impulsive would-be samurai in Akira Kurosawa’s film "Seven Samurai," whose comic bravado and hidden peasant origins make him one of the story’s most complex and memorable heroes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
samurai (fictional) ⓘ
allyOf Gorōbei Katayama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heihachi Hayashida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kambei Shimada ⓘ
Katsushirō Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyūzō ⓘ
Shichirōji ⓘ
appearsIn Seven Samurai ⓘ
appearsInFilm Seven Samurai ⓘ
background born a peasant ⓘ
pretends to be a samurai ⓘ
basedOn peasant ⓘ
creator Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
Hideo Oguni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shinobu Hashimoto ⓘ
deathCause battle wounds from fighting bandits ⓘ
diesIn Seven Samurai ⓘ
directorOfWorkAppearedIn Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
fightsAgainst bandits threatening the village ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1954 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
joinsGroup seven samurai ⓘ
linked to: Seven Samurai
languageOfWork Japanese ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
nationality Japanese (fictional setting) ⓘ
notableScene angrily denounces both peasants and samurai ⓘ
carries a baby from a burning hut ⓘ
occupation farmer’s son ⓘ
would-be samurai ⓘ
personalityTrait boastful ⓘ
brash ⓘ
comic ⓘ
courageous ⓘ
emotionally vulnerable ⓘ
hot-headed ⓘ
impulsive ⓘ
loyal ⓘ
portrayedBy Toshirō Mifune ⓘ
roleInStory bridge between peasants and samurai ⓘ
comic relief ⓘ
tragic hero ⓘ
secretIdentity peasant ⓘ
themeAssociation class conflict ⓘ
honor ⓘ
identity ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ

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Chico → inspiredBy → Kikuchiyo from Seven Samurai ⓘ
Chico → basedOn → Chico (character in Seven Samurai) ⓘ
subject linked to: Chico in The Magnificent Seven
linked to: Kikuchiyo from Seven Samurai
Harry Luck → basedOn → O’Reilly from Seven Samurai (approximate analogue) ⓘ
linked to: Kikuchiyo from Seven Samurai