
207 minutes
4/26/1954
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
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

Yoshio Kosugi
as Mosuke

Bokuzen Hidari
as Yohei

Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Rikichi

Kokuten Kōdō
as Gisaku, the Old Man

Eijirō Tōno
as Kidnapper

Jun Tatara
as Coolie A

Atsushi Watanabe
as Bun Seller

Toranosuke Ogawa
as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

Isao Yamagata
as Samurai

Kichijirō Ueda
as Bandit Scout

Sôjin Kamiyama
as Blind Player

Gen Shimizu
as Samurai Who Kicks Farmers

Keiji Sakakida
as Gosaku

Shinpei Takagi
as Bandit Chieftain

Shin Ōtomo
as Bandit Second-in-Command

Toshio Takahara
as Samurai with Gun
Kan Sugi
as Tea Shop Owner

Hiroshi Hayashi
as Weak Ronin

Sachio Sakai
as Coolie #2
Sôkichi Maki
as Strong-Looking Samurai
Ichirō Chiba
as Buddhist Priest

Noriko Sengoku
as Wife of Gono Family

Noriko Honma
as Woman Farmer

Masanobu Ōkubo
as Samurai
Etsuo Saijo
as Bandit
Minoru Itō
as Samurai
Haruya Sakamoto
as Samurai
Gorô Sakurai
as Samurai

Hideo Shibuya
as Bandit
Kiyoshi Kamoda
as Samurai

Senkichi Ōmura
as Bandit Who Escapes
Takashi Narita
as Bandit Who Escapes

Shōichi Hirose
as Bandit
Kôji Uno
as Bandit
Masaaki Tachibana
as Bandit
Kamayuki Tsubono
as Bandit
Taiji Naka
as Bandit
Chindanji Miyagawa
as Bandit
Shigemi Sunagawa
as Bandit
Akira Tani
as Bandit

Akio Kusama
as Bandit
Ryûtarô Amami
as Bandit
Jun Mikami
as Bandit

Haruo Nakajima
as Bandit
Sanpei Mine
as Farmer
Masahide Matsushita
as Samurai
Kaneo Ikeda
as Samurai
Takuzô Kumagaya
as Gisaku's Son
Ippei Kawagoe
as Farmer
Jirô Suzukawa
as Farmer
Junpei Natsuki
as Farmer
Kyôichi Kamiyama
as Farmer

Haruo Suzuki
as Farmer
Gorô Amano
as Farmer
Akira Kitchôji
as Farmer
Kōji Iwamoto
as Farmer
Hiroshi Akitsu
as Husband of Gono Family
Akira Yamada
as Farmer
Kazuo Imai
as Farmer
Eisuke Nakanishi
as Farmer
Toku Ihara
as Farmer
Hideo Ôtsuka
as Farmer
Shû Ôe
as Farmer

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as Farmer in Front of Gono
Yasumasa Ônishi
as Farmer
Tsuneo Katagiri
as Farmer in Front of Gono
Megeru Shimoda
as Farmer
Masayoshi Kawabe
as Farmer

Shigeo Katō
as Farmer
Yoshikazu Kawamata
as Farmer
Takeshi Seki
as Coolie #3
Haruko Toyama
as Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law

Tsuruko Mano
as Woman Farmer in front of Gono
Matsue Ono
as Woman Farmer
Tsurue Ichimanji
as Woman Farmer
Masako Ōshiro
as Woman Farmer
Kyōko Ozawa
as Woman Farmer
Michiko Kadono
as Farmer's Wife
Toshiko Nakano
as Farmer's Wife
Shizuko Azuma
as Farmer's Wife
Michiko Kawabe
as Farmer's Wife
Yûko Togawa
as Farmer's Wife
Yayoko Kitano
as Farmer's Wife
Kyoko Mori
as Farmer's Wife
Misao Suyama
as Woman Farmer
Toriko Takahara
as Woman Farmer

Takeshi Katō
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Ken Utsui
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto
as Farmer (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai
as Gisaku's Son