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| Toshirô Mifune | Kikuchiyo |
| Takashi Shimura | Kambei Shimada |
| Yoshio Inaba | Gorobei Katayama |
| Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyuzo |
| Minoru Chiaki | Heihachi Hayashida |
| Daisuke Kato | Shichiroji |
| Isao Kimura | Katsushiro |
| Kunihori Kodo | Gisaku, the Old Man |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | Manzo, father of Shino |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Rikichi |
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.
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