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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.
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
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Rikichi
Kokuten Kōdō
Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijirō Tōno
Kidnapper
Jun Tatara
Coolie A
Atsushi Watanabe
Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata
Samurai
Kichijirō Ueda
Bandit Scout
Sôjin Kamiyama
Blind Player
Gen Shimizu
Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
Keiji Sakakida
Gosaku
Shinpei Takagi
Bandit Chieftain
Shin Ōtomo
Bandit Second-in-Command
Toshio Takahara
Samurai with Gun
Hiroshi Hayashi
Weak Ronin
Sachio Sakai
Coolie #2
Noriko Sengoku
Wife of Gono Family
Noriko Honma
Woman Farmer
Masanobu Ōkubo
Samurai
Hideo Shibuya
Bandit
Senkichi Ōmura
Bandit Who Escapes
Shōichi Hirose
Bandit
Akio Kusama
Bandit
Haruo Nakajima
Bandit
Haruo Suzuki
Farmer
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Farmer in Front of Gono
Shigeo Katō
Farmer
Tsuruko Mano
Woman Farmer in front of Gono
Takeshi Katō
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ken Utsui
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
Farmer (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Gisaku's Son