Yoshio Inaba	Gorobei Katayama
Toshirô Mifune	Kikuchiyo
Takashi Shimura	Kambei Shimada
Keiko Tsushima	Shino
Daisuke Katô	Shichiroji
Seiji Miyaguchi	Kyuzo
Minoru Chiaki	Heihachi Hayashida
Isao Kimura	Katsushiro Okamoto

Director	Akira Kurosawa
Producer	Sojiro Motoki
Writer	Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto
Cinematography	Asakazu Nakai
Musician	Fumio Hayasaka

A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.

Edition Details Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) Country Japan Language Japanese Edition Criterion Collection Barcode 715515054911 Region Region 1 Release Date 10/19/2010 Packaging Custom Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3) Subtitles English Audio Tracks Mono [Japanese] No. of Disks/Tapes 2

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