What you make of another's kindness is up to you.
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.
- 8.0
- 1958
- Released
- 2h 19m
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)
Takeshi Katō
Samurai (uncredited)Toshiko Higuchi
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Kichijirō Ueda
Slave Trader (uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita
Slave Buyer (uncredited)
Yoshibumi Tajima
Slave Buyer (uncredited)Akira Tani
Soldier (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Soldier (uncredited)Ichirō Chiba
Soldier (uncredited)
Makoto Satō
Soldier (uncredited)Ryū Kuze
Soldier (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
Soldier (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
Soldier (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Soldier (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Soldier (uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi
Soldier (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Young Man (uncredited)
Tadao Nakamaru
Young Man (uncredited)
Released
ja
$57,673.00
- #japan
- #male friendship
- #jidaigeki
- #sengoku period
- #feudal japan
- #16th century
- #mountain fortress
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Now though top billing and much of the screen time is afforded to Kurosawa regular Toshirô Mifune ("Gen. Makabe") this film really belongs to the two opportunistic farmers "Matakichi" (Kamatari Fujiwara) and "Tahei" (Minori Chiaki). These two chancers learn of a fortune in gold hidden away after their land is invaded by their neighbours. Off they set to discover it, and along the way stumble upon