Overview
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.
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Crew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
Cast
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
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Rikichi
Kokuten Kōdō
Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijirō Tōno
Kidnapper
Jun Tatara
Coolie A
Atsushi Watanabe
Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata
Samurai
Kichijirō Ueda
Bandit Scout
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Keywords
martial artsjapansamuraiswordpeasantvillagelootingricefencingmoral ambiguityforbidden loveblack and whitebattleperiod dramabanditpracticefarmerjidaigeki16th centuryclass relations
Details
Budget
$2M
Revenue
$105M
TMDb Votes
4,216
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026