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.

• DirectorAkira Kurosawa
• Release26 April 1954
• Genre
  Action / Drama
• Duration3h 27m
• Budget$2,000,000
• Revenue$105,000,000
• Rate
  

  8.457
  3880 reviews
• Productions

  TOHO