In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
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Toshirô Mifune | General Rokurota Makabe |
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Minoru Chiaki | Tahei |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Matashichi |
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Susumu Fujita | General Hyoe Tadokoro |
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Takashi Shimura | The Old General / Izumi Nagakura |
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Misa Uehara | Princess Yuki |
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Eiko Miyoshi | Old Lady-in-Waiting |
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Toshiko Higuchi | Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader |
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Yu Fujiki | Barrier guard |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Samurai on horse |
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Kokuten Kodo | Old man in front of sign |
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Takeshi Kato | Fleeing / bloody samurai |
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Koji Mitsui | Guard |
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Toranosuke Ogawa | Magistrate of the bridge barrier |
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Kichijiro Ueda | Slave Trader |
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Nakajiro Tomita | Potential slave buyer |
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Yoshifumi Tajima | Potential slave buyer |
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Ikio Sawamura | Gambler |
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Senkichi Omura | Soldier |
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Sachio Sakai | Captured foot soldier |
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Makoto Sato | Yamada foot soldier |
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Yoshio Kosugi | Akisuki soldier |
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Akira Tani | Captured foot soldier |
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Yutaka Sada | Guard at bridge barrier |
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Takeo Oikawa | Guard at pass barrier |
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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Writer | Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa | |
Producer | Sanezumi Fujimoto, Akira Kurosawa | |
Musician | Masaru Satô | |
Photography | Kazuo Yamazaki |