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.
Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
Directing | Sakae Hirosawa | Assistant Director |
Crew | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
Camera | Takao Saitō | First Assistant Camera |
Crew | Takeharu Shimada | Production Office Assistant |
Lighting | Shigeru Mori | Lighting Technician |
Directing | Yasuyoshi Tajitsu | Assistant Director |
Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
Directing | Hiromichi Horikawa | Assistant Director |
Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Assistant Art Director |
Directing | Teruyo Nogami | Script Supervisor |
Production | Hiroshi Nezu | Production Supervisor |
Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
Lighting | Mitsuo Kaneko | Lighting Technician |
Art | Kôichi Hamamura | Set Decoration |
Crew | Haruo Nakajima | Stunts |
Sound | Masanao Uehara | Sound Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Junjirō Yamada | Makeup Artist |
Camera | Masao Fukuda | Still Photographer |
Costume & Make-Up | Midori Nakajô | Hairstylist |
Directing | Toshi Kaneko | Assistant Director |
Art | Kôichi Hamamura | Property Master |
Costume & Make-Up | Mieko Yamaguchi | Costume Design |
Directing | Masaya Shimizu | Assistant Director |
Art | Takashi Matsuyama | Art Direction |
Production | Teruyo Nogami | Production Assistant |
Editing | Hiroshi Nezu | Editorial Manager |
Production | Yuji Hamada | Accountant |
Production | Kōhei Ezaki | Researcher |