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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Toshirō MifuneGeneral Rokurota Makabe

Minoru ChiakiTahei

Kamatari FujiwaraMatashichi

Misa UeharaPrincess Yuki

Susumu FujitaGeneral Hyoe Tadokoro

Takashi ShimuraGeneral Izumi Nagakura

Ikio SawamuraGambler (uncredited)

Kōji MitsuiGuard (uncredited)