Details
| Regisseur: | Akira Kurosawa |
| Script: | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto |
| Producent: | Sôjirô Motoki |
| Theater Verschijning: | 1954 |
| Waardering: | Parental Guidance |
| Studio: | Bfi |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama |
| Duur: | 190 |
| Prijzen: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations |
| Talen: | English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language) |
| Geluid: | Mono |
| Aspectverhouding: | 1.33:1 |
| Schijven: | 1 |
| Regio: | 1 |
| Releasedatum: | nov. 1954 |
Extra's
4:3 -Black & White
Full Screen
Region 2
Samenvatting
Het feodale, 16e-eeuwse Japan wordt geteisterd door oorlogen en rondtrekkende bendes. Een van die bendes heeft het gemunt op de oogst van een klein boerendorp, maar de bendeleden besluiten pas terug te komen als er geoogst is. Een dorpeling hoort dit gesprek echter. De dorpsoudste beveelt een aantal dorpsgenoten op zoek te gaan naar werkloze samoerai, die het dorp willen verdedigen in ruil voor voedsel. Zij vinden een oudere, moegestreden samoerai, die sympathie heeft voor de weerloze dorpelingen en op hun verzoek ingaat. Deze rekruteert vijf andere samoerai en kan zelfs rekenen op een aanvankelijk ongewenste metgezel: de onervaren, maar zelfbewuste Kikuchiyo. De anderen zijn ervaren strijders, maar weten dat zij een grote overmacht moeten trotseren.Credits
| Asakazu Nakai | ... | Cinematographer |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Kikuchiyo (as Toshiro Mifune) |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Kambei Shimada |
| Keiko Tsushima | ... | Shino |
| Yukiko Shimazaki | ... | Wife (as Yukio Shimazaki) |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Farmer Manzo |
| Daisuke Katô | ... | Shichiroji (as Daisake Kato) |
| Isao Kimura | ... | Katsushiro (as Ko Kimura) |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | Heihachi |
| Seiji Miyaguchi | ... | Kyuzo |
| Yoshio Kosugi | ... | Farmer Mosuke |
| Bokuzen Hidari | ... | Farmer Yohei |
| Yoshio Inaba | ... | Gorobei Katayama |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Farmer Rikichi |
| Kokuten Kôdô | ... | Old Man Gisaku (as Kuninori Todo) |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Thief (as Eijiro Tono) |
| Kichijirô Ueda | ... | Bandit Scout (as Ueda Kichijiro) |
| Jun Tatara | ... | Coolie A |
| Atsushi Watanabe | ... | Bun Seller |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | ... | Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl |
| Isao Yamagata | ... | Samurai |
| Sôjin Kamiyama | ... | Blind Player |
| Gen Shimizu | ... | Samurai Who Kicks Farmers (as Hajime Shimizu) |
| Keiji Sakakida | ... | Gosaku |
| Shinpei Takagi | ... | Bandit Chieftain (as Shimpei Takagi) |
| Shin Ôtomo | ... | Bandit Second-in-Command |
| Toshio Takahara | ... | Samurai with Gun |
| Hiroshi Sugi | ... | Tea Shop Owner |
| Hiroshi Hayashi | ... | Weak Ronin |
| Sachio Sakai | ... | 2nd Coolie |
| Sôkichi Maki | ... | Strong-Looking Samurai |
| Ichirô Chiba | ... | Buddhist Priest |
| Noriko Sengoku | ... | Wife of Gono Family |
| Noriko Honma | ... | Woman Farmer |
| Masanobu Ôkubo | ... | Samurai |
| Etsurô Saijô | ... | Bandit |
| Minoru Itô | ... | Samurai |
| Haruya Sakamoto | ... | Samurai |
| Kyorô Sakurai | ... | Samurai |
| Hideo Shibuya | ... | Bandit |
| Kiyoshi Kamoda | ... | Samurai |
| Senkichi Ômura | ... | Bandit Who Escapes |
| Takashi Narita | ... | Bandit Who Escapes |
| Shôichi Hirose | ... | Bandit |
| Kôji Uno | ... | Bandit |
| Masaaki Tachibana | ... | Bandit |
| Kamayuki Tsubono | ... | Bandit |
| Taiji Naka | ... | Bandit |
| Chindanji Miyagawa | ... | Bandit |
| Shigemi Sunagawa | ... | Bandit |
| Akira Tani | ... | Bandit |
| Akio Kusama | ... | Bandit |
| Ryûtarô Amami | ... | Bandit |
| Jun Mikami | ... | Bandit |
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | Bandit |
| Sanpei Mine | ... | Farmer |
| Masahide Matsushita | ... | Samurai |
| Kaneo Ikeda | ... | Samurai |
| Takuzô Kumagaya | ... | Gisaku's Son (as Jirô Kumagaya) |
| Ippei Kawagoe | ... | Farmer |
| Jirô Suzukawa | ... | Farmer |
| Junpei Natsuki | ... | Farmer |
| Kyôichi Kamiyama | ... | Farmer |
| Haruo Suzuki | ... | Farmer |
| Gorô Amano | ... | Farmer |
| Hikaru Kitchôji | ... | Farmer |
| Kôji Iwamoto | ... | Farmer |
| Hiroshi Akitsu | ... | Gono Husband |
| Akira Yamada | ... | Farmer |
| Kazuo Imai | ... | Farmer |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | ... | Farmer |
| Toku Ihara | ... | Farmer |
| Hideo Ôtsuka | ... | Farmer |
| Shû Ôe | ... | Farmer |
| Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | ... | Farmer in Front of Gono |
| Yasuo Ônishi | ... | Farmer |
| Tsuneo Katagiri | ... | Farmer in Front of Gono |
| Megeru Shimoda | ... | Farmer |
| Masayoshi Kawabe | ... | Farmer |
| Shigeo Katô | ... | Farmer |
| Yoshikazu Kawamata | ... | Farmer |
| Takeshi Seki | ... | 3rd Coolie |
| Haruko Toyama | ... | Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law |
| Tsuruko Mano | ... | Woman Farmer in Front of Gono |
| Matsue Ono | ... | Woman Farmer |
| Tazue Ichimanji | ... | Woman Farmer (as Tazue Ichimanji) |
| Masako Ôshiro | ... | Woman Farmer |
| Kyôko Ozawa | ... | Woman Farmer |
| Michiko Kadono | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Toshiko Nakano | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Shizuko Azuma | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Keiko Mori | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Michiko Kawabe | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Yûko Togawa | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Yayoko Kitano | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Misao Suyama | ... | Woman Farmer |
| Toriko Takahara | ... | Woman Farmer |