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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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Budget$2,000,000
Revenue $105,000,000
日本語
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue $105,000,000
Keywords
epic
martial arts
japan
samurai
sword
peasant
village
looting
rice
fencing
moral ambiguity
black and white
battle
bandit
practice
criterion
jidaigeki
domineering
16th century
plunder
bushi
awestruck
Casts
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
Crews
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Yuji Hamada
Accountant
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu
Assistant Director
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Sakae Hirosawa
Assistant Director
Yoshirō Muraki
Assistant Art Director
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takeharu Shimada
Production Office Assistant
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Shigeru Mori
Lighting Technician
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Hiromichi Horikawa
Assistant Director
Takao Saitō
First Assistant Camera
Kōhei Ezaki
Researcher
Hiroshi Nezu
Production Supervisor
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Mitsuo Kaneko
Lighting Technician
Kôichi Hamamura
Set Decoration
Midori Nakajô
Hairstylist
Takashi Matsuyama
Art Direction
Kôichi Hamamura
Property Master
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Mieko Yamaguchi
Costume Design
Junjirō Yamada
Makeup Artist
Hiroshi Nezu
Editorial Manager
Teruyo Nogami
Production Assistant
Toshi Kaneko
Assistant Director
Masanao Uehara
Sound Assistant
Masaya Shimizu
Assistant Director
Masao Fukuda
Still Photographer
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