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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.
ActionDramamartial artsjapansamuraiswordpeasantvillagelootingricefencingmoral ambiguityforbidden loveblack and white
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Character
Earnest, meticulous, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Toshirō MifuneKikuchiyo
- Takashi ShimuraKambei Shimada
- Yoshio InabaGorobei Katayama
- Seiji MiyaguchiKyuzo
- Minoru ChiakiHeihachi Hayashida
- Daisuke KatōShichiroji
- Isao KimuraKatsushiro Okamoto
- Keiko TsushimaShino
- Yukiko ShimazakiRikichi's Wife
- Kamatari FujiwaraManzô - Father of Shino
Crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaEditor
- Sōjirō MotokiProducer
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