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.
- Անր: Action, Drama
- Ստուդիա: TOHO
- Հիմնաբառը: epic, martial arts, japan, samurai, sword, peasant, village, looting, rice, fencing, moral ambiguity, black and white, battle, bandit, practice, criterion, jidaigeki, 16th century, thoughtful
- Դերասանական կազմ: 三船敏郎, 志村喬, 稲葉義男, 宮口精二, 千秋実, 加東大介
