Eleven Samurai (Japanese: 十一人の侍, romaji: Jūichinin no Samurai) is a 1966 Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Eiichi Kudo. It is also referred to as 11 Samurai. This is the third and final chapter in Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy. The plot is a samurai epic with a loose historical basis.