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. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.
Genre: Action, Drama
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki
Producer: Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
IMDb Score: 8.4/10 by 1809 users
Runtime: 207 minutes
Released: 4/26/1954