1954 | JP | 3 j 27 m
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Toshirō Mifune (Kikuchiyo), Takashi Shimura (Kambei Shimada), Yoshio Inaba (Gorobei Katayama), Seiji Miyaguchi (Kyuzo), Minoru Chiaki (Heihachi Hayashida), Daisuke Katō (Shichiroji), Isao Kimura (Katsushiro Okamoto), Keiko Tsushima (Shino), Yukiko Shimazaki (Rikichi's Wife), Kamatari Fujiwara (Manzô - Father of Shino), Yoshio Kosugi (Mosuke), Bokuzen Hidari (Yohei)
