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.
Released: Apr 26, 1954
Runtime: 207 minutes
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō
Crew: Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Director), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Yuji Hamada (Accountant)