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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Toshirô Mifune | Kikuchiyo |
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Takashi Shimura | Kambei Shimada |
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Keiko Tsushima | Shino |
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Yukiko Shimazaki | Wife |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Farmer Manzo |
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Daisuke Katô | Shichiroji |
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Isao Kimura | Katsushiro |
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Minoru Chiaki | Heihachi |
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Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyuzo |
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Yoshio Kosugi | Farmer Mosuke |
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Bokuzen Hidari | Farmer Yohei |
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Yoshio Inaba | Gorobei Katayama |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Farmer Rikichi |
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Kokuten Kodo | Old Man Gisaku |
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Eijiro Tono | Thief |
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Kichijiro Ueda | Bandit Scout |
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Jun Tatara | Coolie A |
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Atsushi Watanabe | Bun Seller |
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Toranosuke Ogawa | Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl |
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Isao Yamagata | Samurai |
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Sôjin Kamiyama | Blind Player |
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Gen Shimizu | Samurai Who Kicks Farmers |
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Keiji Sakakida | Gosaku |
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Shinpei Takagi | Bandit Chieftain |
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Shin Otomo | Bandit Second-in-Command |
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni | |
Producer | Sojiro Motoki | |
Musician | Fumio Hayasaka | |
Photography | Asakazu Nakai |