• 1954

  Release Date

• April 26th, 1954

• Runtime

• 207 minutes

• Synopsis

• A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.

• 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,   Sôjin Kamiyama - Blind Player,   Gen Shimizu - Samurai Who Kicks Farmers,   Keiji Sakakida - Gosaku,   Shinpei Takagi - Bandit Chieftain,   Shin Ōtomo - Bandit Second-in-Command,   Toshio Takahara - Samurai with Gun,   Kan Sugi - Tea Shop Owner,   Hiroshi Hayashi - Weak Ronin,   Sachio Sakai - Coolie #2,   Sôkichi Maki - Strong-Looking Samurai,   Ichirō Chiba - Buddhist Priest,   Noriko Sengoku - Wife of Gono Family,   Noriko Honma - Woman Farmer,   Masanobu Ōkubo - Samurai,   Etsuo Saijo - Bandit,   Minoru Itō - Samurai,   Haruya Sakamoto - Samurai,   Gorô Sakurai - Samurai,   Hideo Shibuya - Bandit,   Kiyoshi Kamoda - Samurai,   Senkichi Ōmura - Bandit Who Escapes,   Takashi Narita - Bandit Who Escapes,   Shōichi Hirose - Bandit,   Kôji Uno - Bandit,   Masaaki Tachibana - Bandit,   Kamayuki Tsubono - Bandit,   Taiji Naka - Bandit,   Chindanji Miyagawa - Bandit,   Shigemi Sunagawa - Bandit,   Akira Tani - Bandit,   Akio Kusama - Bandit,   Ryûtarô Amami - Bandit,   Jun Mikami - Bandit,   Haruo Nakajima - Bandit,   Sanpei Mine - Farmer,   Masahide Matsushita - Samurai,   Kaneo Ikeda - Samurai,   Takuzô Kumagaya - Gisaku's Son,   Ippei Kawagoe - Farmer,   Jirô Suzukawa - Farmer,   Junpei Natsuki - Farmer,   Kyôichi Kamiyama - Farmer,   Haruo Suzuki - Farmer,   Gorô Amano - Farmer,   Akira Kitchôji - Farmer,   Kōji Iwamoto - Farmer,   Hiroshi Akitsu - Husband of Gono Family,   Akira Yamada - Farmer,   Kazuo Imai - Farmer,   Eisuke Nakanishi - Farmer,   Toku Ihara - Farmer,   Hideo Ôtsuka - Farmer,   Shû Ôe - Farmer,   Yasuhisa Tsutsumi - Farmer in Front of Gono,   Yasumasa Ônishi - Farmer,   Tsuneo Katagiri - Farmer in Front of Gono,   Megeru Shimoda - Farmer,   Masayoshi Kawabe - Farmer,   Shigeo Katō - Farmer,   Yoshikazu Kawamata - Farmer,   Takeshi Seki - Coolie #3,   Haruko Toyama - Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law,   Tsuruko Mano - Woman Farmer in front of Gono,   Matsue Ono - Woman Farmer,   Tsurue Ichimanji - Woman Farmer,   Masako Ōshiro - Woman Farmer,   Kyōko Ozawa - Woman Farmer,   Michiko Kadono - Farmer's Wife,   Toshiko Nakano - Farmer's Wife,   Shizuko Azuma - Farmer's Wife,   Michiko Kawabe - Farmer's Wife,   Yûko Togawa - Farmer's Wife,   Yayoko Kitano - Farmer's Wife,   Kyoko Mori - Farmer's Wife,   Misao Suyama - Woman Farmer,   Toriko Takahara - Woman Farmer,   Takeshi Katō - Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited),   Tatsuya Nakadai - Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited),   Ken Utsui - Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited),   Ren Yamamoto - Farmer (uncredited),   Takuzō Kumagai - Gisaku's Son     

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