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.

• TOHO
• Toshirō Mifune
• Minoru Chiaki
• Kamatari Fujiwara
• Misa Uehara
• Susumu Fujita
• Takashi Shimura
• Ikio Sawamura
• Kōji Mitsui