

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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Cast

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
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