Synopsis
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Cast

Toshirō Mifune
General Rokurota Makabe

Minoru Chiaki
Tahei

Kamatari Fujiwara
Matashichi

Misa Uehara
Princess Yuki

Susumu Fujita
General Hyoe Tadokoro

Takashi Shimura
General Izumi Nagakura

Ikio Sawamura
Gambler (uncredited)

Kōji Mitsui
Guard (uncredited)
Takeo Oikawa
Guard (uncredited)

Yū Fujiki
Guard (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada
Guard (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki
Horseman (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
Horseman (uncredited)
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horseman (uncredited)
Minoru Itō
Horseman (uncredited)
Shigekatsu Kanazawa
Horseman (uncredited)

Shin Ōtomo
Horseman (uncredited)

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Horseman (uncredited)
Eiko Miyoshi
Maid (uncredited)

Toranosuke Ogawa
Magistrate (uncredited)

Kokuten Kōdō
Old Man (uncredited)
Etsurō Saijō
Samurai (uncredited)

Fuminori Ōhashi
Samurai (uncredited)
Masayoshi Nagashima
Samurai (uncredited)
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