"What you make of another's kindness is up to you."

1958

2h 19m

8.0(651 votes)

Drama

Action

Adventure

Overview

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.

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41 members

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三船敏郎

General Rokurota Makabe

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千秋実

Tahei

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藤原釜足

Matashichi

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上原美佐

Princess Yuki

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藤田進

General Hyoe Tadokoro

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志村喬

General Izumi Nagakura

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沢村いき雄

Gambler (uncredited)

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三井弘次

Guard (uncredited)

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笈川武夫

Guard (uncredited)

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藤木悠

Guard (uncredited)

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佐田豊

Guard (uncredited)

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鈴木治夫

Horseman (uncredited)

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坂本晴哉

Horseman (uncredited)

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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Horseman (uncredited)

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伊藤実

Horseman (uncredited)

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Shigekatsu Kanazawa

Horseman (uncredited)

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大友伸

Horseman (uncredited)

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土屋嘉男

Horseman (uncredited)

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三好栄子

Maid (uncredited)

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小川虎之助

Magistrate (uncredited)

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高堂国典

Old Man (uncredited)

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Etsurō Saijō

Samurai (uncredited)

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大橋史典

Samurai (uncredited)

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Masayoshi Nagashima

Samurai (uncredited)

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加藤武

Samurai (uncredited)

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樋口年子

Slave Girl (uncredited)

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上田吉二郎

Slave Trader (uncredited)

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富田仲次郎

Slave Buyer (uncredited)

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田島義文

Slave Buyer (uncredited)

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谷晃

Soldier (uncredited)

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中島春雄

Soldier (uncredited)

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千葉一郎

Soldier (uncredited)

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佐藤允

Soldier (uncredited)

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久世竜

Soldier (uncredited)

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堺左千夫

Soldier (uncredited)

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大村千吉

Soldier (uncredited)

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広瀬正一

Soldier (uncredited)

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熊谷卓三

Soldier (uncredited)

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小杉義男

Soldier (uncredited)

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緒方燐作

Young Man (uncredited)

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中丸忠雄

Young Man (uncredited)

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三船敏郎

千秋実

藤原釜足

上原美佐

藤田進

志村喬

沢村いき雄

三井弘次

笈川武夫

藤木悠

佐田豊

鈴木治夫

坂本晴哉

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

伊藤実

Shigekatsu Kanazawa

大友伸

土屋嘉男

三好栄子

小川虎之助

高堂国典

Etsurō Saijō

大橋史典

Masayoshi Nagashima

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富田仲次郎

田島 義文

谷晃

中島春雄

千葉一郎

佐藤允

久世竜

堺左千夫

大村千吉

広瀬正一

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田島義文