A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
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| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Directing | Sakae Hirosawa | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hiromichi Horikawa | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yasuyoshi Tajitsu | Assistant Director |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Shigeru Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Takeharu Shimada | Production Office Assistant |
| Directing | Teruyo Nogami | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Hiroshi Nezu | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Kaneko | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Kôichi Hamamura | Set Decoration |
| Art | Takashi Matsuyama | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mieko Yamaguchi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Midori Nakajô | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junjirō Yamada | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Toshi Kaneko | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Masaya Shimizu | Assistant Director |
| Art | Kôichi Hamamura | Property Master |
| Sound | Masanao Uehara | Sound Assistant |
| Crew | Haruo Nakajima | Stunts |
| Camera | Masao Fukuda | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Hiroshi Nezu | Editorial Manager |
| Production | Teruyo Nogami | Production Assistant |
| Production | Yuji Hamada | Accountant |
| Production | Kōhei Ezaki | Researcher |
