Unmatched for suspense and spectacle! 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.
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
8.45
Rating4080
Votes7.95
Popularity1320
Recommend2M
Budget105M
Revenue5250%
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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
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Keywords:
martial arts
japan
samurai
sword
peasant
village
looting
rice
fencing
moral ambiguity
forbidden love
black and white
battle
bandit
practice
farmer
jidaigeki
16th century
class relations
collectivism
plunder
downtrodden farmers
casual
bushi
tactical warfare
violence
violent
Procution company:
TOHO
id:346
imdb:tt0047478
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