Overview
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.
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Kikuchiyo
- Takashi Shimura as Kambei Shimada
- Yoshio Inaba as Gorobei Katayama
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyuzo
- Minoru Chiaki as Heihachi Hayashida
- Daisuke Katō as Shichiroji
- Isao Kimura as Katsushiro Okamoto
- Keiko Tsushima as Shino
- Yukiko Shimazaki as Rikichi's Wife
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Manzô - Father of Shino