Released:
1954-04-26

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.

Director:
Akira Kurosawa

Runtime:
3h 27min

Genre:
Action, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Toshirō Mifune
  as
  Kikuchiyo
• 
  Takashi Shimura
  as
  Kambei Shimada
• 
  Yoshio Inaba
  as
  Gorobei Katayama
• 
  Seiji Miyaguchi
  as
  Kyuzo
• 
  Minoru Chiaki
  as
  Heihachi Hayashida