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Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece about a gang of mercenaries hired to defend a farming village from bandits in the 16th century.
Original Release
04/26/1954
US Release
07/03/1956
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Toshirô Mifune | Kikuchiyo |
Takashi Shimura | Kambei Shimada |
Keiko Tsushima | Shino |
Yukiko Shimazaki | Wife / Rikichi's Wife |
Kamatari Fujiwara | Farmer Manzo / Manzô - Father of Shino |
Daisuke Katô | Shichiroji |
Isao Kimura | Katsushiro / Katsushiro Okamoto |
Minoru Chiaki | Heihachi / Heihachi Hayashida |
Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyuzo |
Yoshio Kosugi | Farmer Mosuke / Mosuke |
Directors
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Cast
Name | Character |
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Toshirô Mifune | Kikuchiyo |
Takashi Shimura | Kambei Shimada |
Keiko Tsushima | Shino |
Yukiko Shimazaki | Wife / Rikichi's Wife |
Kamatari Fujiwara | Farmer Manzo / Manzô - Father of Shino |
Daisuke Katô | Shichiroji |
Isao Kimura | Katsushiro / Katsushiro Okamoto |
Minoru Chiaki | Heihachi / Heihachi Hayashida |
Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyuzo |
Yoshio Kosugi | Farmer Mosuke / Mosuke |
Bokuzen Hidari | Farmer Yohei / Yohei |
Yoshio Inaba | Gorobei Katayama |
Yoshio Tsuchiya | Farmer Rikichi / Rikichi |
Kokuten Kôdô | Old Man Gisaku / Gisaku, the Old Man |
Eijirô Tôno | Thief / Kidnapper |
Kichijirô Ueda | Bandit Scout |
Jun Tatara | Coolie A |
Atsushi Watanabe | Bun Seller |
Toranosuke Ogawa | Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl |
Isao Yamagata | Samurai |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sôjirô Motoki | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1957 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1957 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Nominated |