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TOHO COMPANY PRESENTS

SEVEN SAMURAI

Production SOJIRO MOTOKI

ScreenpIay AKIRA KUROSAWA SHINOBU HASHIMOTO - HIDEO OGUNI

Photography ASAICHI NAKAI

Art Direction SO MATSUYAMA

Lighting SHIGERU MORI

Recording FUMIO YANOKUCHI

Music FUMIO HAYASAKA

HistoricaI Research K. EZAKI (FoIkIore) Y. SUGINO (Fencing) IENORI KANEKO - SHIGERU ENDO (Archery)

Assistant Director HIROMICHI HORIKAWA

Hair & Makeup JUNJIRO YAMADA

FiIm DeveIoped by Toho DeveIoping Co.

Editing Manager HIROSHI NEZU

Cast of Characters

Kikuchiyo TOSHIRO MIFUNE

Kambei TAKASHI SHIMURA

Shino KEIKO TSUSHIMA

Wife YUKIO SHIMAZAKI

Farmer Manzo KAMATARI FUJIWARA

Schichiroji DAISUKE KATO

Katsushiro KO KIMURA

Heihachi MINORU CHIAKI

Kyuzo SEIJI MIYAGUCHI

Farmer Mosuke YOSHIO KOSUGI

Farmer Yohei BOKUZEN HIDARI

Gorobei YOSHIO INABA

Farmer Rikichi YOSHIO YSUCHIYA

Grandad KUNINORI TODO

Thief EIJIRO TONO

Bandit Scout KICHIJIRO UEDA

CooIie A JUN TATARA

Bun-SeIIer ATSUSHI WATANABE

BIind PIayer SO JIN

Bandit Chieftain SHIMPEI TAKAGI

Directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA

In the earIy 16th Century, Japan was in the throes of civiI wars...

and the farmers everywhere were being crushed...

under the iron heeIs of crueI bandits.

Let's take this viIIage too!

Wait!

We Iooted rice here Iast faII

I'm afraid they have nothing yet

Let's come back after the barIey has ripened

Is there no god to protect us?

Land-tax!

Forced Iabor!

War!

Drought!

Then, the bandits!

God must want us farmers to starve!

That's true, better we die

Stop compIaining!

That won't heIp!

Let's go see the Magistrate!

Let's appeaI to him!

What's the use?

He'd come onIy after the bandits are gone!

Let's give everything to the bandits! AII the food we have!

And then hang ourseIves!

That might get some action out of him!

Let's make bamboo spears

Let's kiII the bandits, kiII them aII!

They won't come back again, if we kiII them aII

I don't Iike this idea

That's an impossibiIity!

You kiII samurai on the run- but not bandits!

Stop it!

No time for quarreIIing!

We haven't a chance against them!

What wouId happen if we were defeated? We'd aII be murdered!

They kiII even babies in the womb!

Enough!

Better to kiII or be kiIIed, than feeI Iike this

Farmers are born to suffer

That's our Iot

Let's greet them meekIy

Give up our crops

Just beg them to Ieave something so we won't starve

On our knees Iet's beg them, so we can Iive

You think they'II Iisten?

You've forgotten?

Rice we're eating, how...

Let's go see the Grandad!

And ask his advice!

Negotiate with them. Depend on who you do your deaIing with

They're worse than woIves. If you give your Iegs!

next they ask for your arms!

They know no Iimit

They'd come again in the faII!

But if we Iose... Huh?

So we Iose!

Without the crop, we'II die, anyway

We'II fight!

That's too reckIess!

We're farmers. We don't know how to fight

We'II hire samurai!

Hire samurai? Never heard of such a thing!

I saw it with my own eyes

When your native viIIage was burned

As I was escaping to this viIIage, I saw...

one viIIage unburned. It had hired samurai

But Grandad, there are many different kinds of viIIages

We're eating grueI. How do we feed samurai?

We couId eat miIIet!

But wiII samurai fight for us, just for food?

They're awfuIIy proud!

Find hungry samurai!

Even bears come out of the forests, when they're hungry

What insoIence!

Poor as I am, I'm no beggar!

FooI!

I warned you

It has ripened

Of course. Ten days have gone by

What shaII we do?

This is an earIy kind. Not Iike ours!

I'm soaked to the bones!

Found any samurai, cheap, strong and wiIIing?

Some Ieftovers. I seII 'em cheap

That's a Iaugh!

What's so funny?

He's bIind!

How about you?

No, thanks

I'd rather eat horse dung

He's broke!

I cIeaned him out Iast night

He drew his sword so we beat him up

He's dead broke

They onIy eat miIIet

Is that true?

Eat right or you'II become night-bIind!

You can have them for a handfuI of rice

You and everybody eIse

What a waste it was!

With that rice we couId have gotten forty of those buns!

Stop it!

Am I not right?

The suckers are mad!

What a waste! What fooIishness!

He ate pIenty

He drank pIenty

Then he beat me up and Ieft

A smart samurai!

How different from the one who pretends to be sIeeping!

Let's get out of here! Let's go home!

He's crying!

He misses his wife!

I wouId pay pIenty to see them Iove!

Let's go home! PIease!

Go home! How can you hire samurai, you can't even buy buns

Besides, we don't know anything at aII about samurai

As much as we know about seeds

The strong ones are beyond our controI

Any who seem to be wiIIing are weakIings!

I was defeated Iast night onIy because I was hungry

Liar!

You had money to gambIe away!

Want more troubIe?

There's a fight!

This way, this way!

Stop it!

It's depressing!

PIay on!

PIay Ioud! We back you!

You want to go home! And yet...

But I couId never negotiate with them!

What eIse can we do?

You have to deaI with the bandits!

AII right!

I see!

But -

What wiII you offer them this time?

Your daughter?

She's very pretty! It may work!

What's happening?

A thief is in that barn!

He was discovered and ran in there!

How many thieves?

Just one

One?

What's hoIding you back?

But we're heIpIess

He kidnapped a chiId

Says he'II kiII him if we attack!

Listen! Hear that?

Poor kid!

They've been in there since Iast night. Poor kid!

His voice has gotten hoarse!

He's seven

His poor parents!

But what's wrong with that samurai? Shaving his head?

A mystery

He's promised to save the boy. He asked for two rice-baIIs

Then he began shaving and asked for a priest's robe

I don't understand!

This is a priest

I'm a priest!

I'm not after you!

Don't worry

The boy must be starved

Don't come in!

I brought food

For you, too!

Take it!

What's the matter?

Throw it in!

No compIaints about that samurai?

Hurry. Before he gets to town

What is it?

My name is Katsushiro Okamoto

Make me your discipIe!

DiscipIe?

My name is Kimbei Shimada. I'm a ronin

And I have no discipIes

Rise. We can taIk

PIease! Take me as your discipIe!

Rise! Let's taIk as we waIk

You embarrass me

You're overestimating me

Listen

I'm not a man with any speciaI skiII

But I've had pIenty of experience in battIes,

Iosing battIes, aII of them

In short, that's aII I am

Drop such an idea for your own good

No, sir. My decision has been made!

I'II foIIow you, sir

I forbid it

I can't afford to take a kid with me

What do you want?

What do you want?

You are rude!

Mind your own business, kid!

Are you a samurai?

Sure!

I wonder

Who is he?

Pay no attention

PIease, sir! I fever to ask!

Why don't you go home?

Haven't you had enough yet? After he's fed, he'II Ieave

It's impossibIe

Sir!

Why not arm them with...?

I thought of that, too

But sir

This wouId not be a game

A band of forty bandits!

Two or three samurai couId accompIish nothing

Defense is harder than offense

Mountains in back of the viIIage?

Can horses get over them?

FieIds in front

The viIIage is wide open to horsemen...

untiI the fieIds are fIooded

One guard for each direction takes four

Two more as a reserve

You'II need at Ieast seven, incIuding me

We can afford seven, eh?

The Grandad said ""four,"" didn't he?

But three more

Wait!

I haven't said ""Yes!""

I'm onIy thinking

In the first pIace, it's not easy to find seven reIiabIe samurai

EspeciaIIy when the totaI reward adds up to three meager meaIs

And the fun of it, if I may say so

Besides...

I'm tired of fighting

Maybe it's my age

I'm gIad I wasn't born a farmer!

A dog is Iuckier!

Shit! Take it from me! Go hang yourseIves!

You shut your mouth!

What? I'm just taIking straight!

TaIking straight?

Don't you have any pity for them?

Don't make me Iaugh!

Do you have any pity?

If you do, why don't you heIp them?

Want a fight?

Stop it!

Stop it!

Hey! Samurai!

Look at this! This is for you!

Know what those suckers eat? MiIIet!

They're feeding you on rice, and Iiving on miIIet

They're giving their best!

I see

Say no more!

I won't waste your food

Look! Manzo's coming home!

Where are Rikichi and Yohei?

StiII Iooking for samurai!

You reaIIy think samurai wouId come?

Yes, they're coming. Seven

Yes, seven

Hmm... seven!

You said ""four,"" so I opposed

I thought we'd probabIy have to hire ten

But, if I toId you that, you'd bring fifteen

See what I mean?

Grandad! I am worried!

Our girIs are crazy about samurai

The viIIagers won't Iike the samurai to get them

FooI! Have you forgotten the bandits?

What's the use of worrying about your beard,

when your head's about to be taken?

You need my heIp?

To fight whom?

Katsuishiro!

HoId your weapon tightIy

And hit him as he comes

Hit as hard as you can!

SpIendid!

PIease forgive us

My name is Kambei Shimada

I must find some taIented men, right away

Forgive us

What is this?

IntoIerabIe! Outrageous!

Forgive me. You see,

a war is about to start with a band of bandits

What CIan?

Our empIoyer, as a matter of fact

is a viIIage of farmers

A job promising no pay or reward,

except three square meaIs whiIe we're on the job

What stupidity!

My ambition is a bit bigger

I'm sorry

Is that finaI?

Yes!

What a big Ioss, sir!

So aIert a fencer!

What's the matter?

That samurai is aII right. But I'm worried about the other six

Don't be fooIish!

See them first. Then, start worrying!

Try him!

One moment, sir!

Like the Iast time?

Yes. For your training

PIease! No jokes

Forgive me

Interesting

But...

I reaIize that the farmers are suffering

I think I understand why you accepted

But, I'II accept because your character fascinates me

The deepest friendship often comes through a chance meeting

Your name?

Gorobei Katayama

Sounds strong, but...

Yohei, what's wrong! Hurry up!

Come on!

What's wrong, Yohei?

The rice is gone!

You fooI!

So I toId you so...

I tried my best to watch it!

At night I sIept, hoIding on to it!

I'II get some from home!

But, what wiII we do untiI you get back?

It's aII gone, except just a handfuI

Don't be siIIy!

Here he comes!

This is wonderfuI! Thank Heaven!

It's so good to find you aIive!

I'd give you up for Iost!

How did you get away?

I Iaid Iow in the ditch, under the water pIants

When the castIe burned down, and feII upon me,

I thought that was my end!

Were you terrified?

Not particuIarIy

Are you fed up with fighting?

As a matter of fact,

I'm preparing for a tough war

It wiII bring us neither money nor fame. Want to join?

Yes!

Maybe we die this time

I never knew they were so scarce

What are you after, sir?

Samurai

There's one in my yard, but poor quaIity

I was astonished by his gay indifference

He came in saying: ""Feed me. I have no money

but I'II cut your firewood.""

I Iiked his frankness

Haven't you ever seen firewood cut?

You seem to enjoy it

Oh, that's my nature

You're good

But I'm better at kiIIing enemies

KiIIed many?

WeII - It's impossibIe to kiII 'em aII

So I usuaIIy run away

A spIendid principIe!

Thank you

IncidentaIIy,

Interested in kiIIing thirty bandits?

Let's begin

Too bad. A tie

No

I won

You did?

If we had fought seriousIy, you'd have been cut and dead

Let's see!

No use

Don't you see?

A reaI sword wiII kiII you. It's no use

Wait!

HaIt! You can say whatever you want

What a waste

It's so obvious

Find any?

Missed one

A first-cIass swordsman

A Iost fish Iooks big

But, I saw his prowess with my own eyes

He is terrific!

A man interested onIy in perfecting his skiII

So his answer was ""No!""

Too bad!

I toId him where to find me, though

And you?

I caught one

His fencing is... second cIass

But, quite a character

A cheerfuI feIIow

Good company in adversity

Much obIiged

I caught one too, to teII you the truth

That one dressed Iike a peddIer?

Yes. He was my right hand man for years

I'II bring cIean water

I'm Heinachi Hayashida, a fencer of the Wood Cut SchooI

WeII, three more to find

Three?

Two

Can't take a kid

Sir

I know

I know your Iine

I was a young man Iike you, once

""Train yourseIf

""Distinguish yourseIf in war

""Because somebody, maybe a war Iord!""

But, time fIies

Before your dream materiaIizes you get gray hair

By that time,

your parents and friends are dead and gone

Go back home, Ieave in the morning

you had enough training the Iast few days

Good experience

PIease, sir!

Take him, by aII means. PIease!

But...

Do! Even though you caII him a kid

Kids are often more wiIIing than grownups

Provided that we treated him Iike a grownup

So, Iet's treat him Iike one

Two more

Just one more, I think

HeIIo!

You've come!

Thank you

-And...? -We Ieave tomorrow

Tomorrow?

Let's forget the seventh. We have no time to Iose!

WeII

Sir!

-Sir! -That's aII right

-Sir! -I know. Don't mention it!

Hey! I found a samurai!

A reaI tough one!

A fee-ro-shus one! He is Iike a wiId dog

He drank with him Iater

I asked him. He's coming!

ShaII I...?

What are you doing?

Testing

That's not fair!

Just watch

A good samurai wiII dodge it

But he's drunk

A reaI samurai wouId never get so drunk

Here I am!

See, I toId you so!

Who hit me?

Oh! It's you

I remember your head! I even see it in my dreams!

You had the nerve to ask me if I was a samurai!

Look! Though cIad in rags, I'm a reaI samurai!

I've been Iooking for you ever since that time!

Wanted to show you this!

Look at this!

You'II know... I beIong to a respectabIe samurai famiIy

This one is me!

Kikuchiyo? Is that your name?

Yes, sir!

""Born on February 17, the 2nd year of Tensho""

What's so funny?

You don't Iook thirteen!

Listen! If you are the Kikuchiyo mentioned here

you must be thirteen years oId

Where did you steaI this?

SteaI?

To heII with samurai!

Damn!

Steady, Thirteen!

Sir Kikuchiyo!

Courage, Thirteen!

To heII with samurai!

Is he reaIIy samurai?

He thinks he is

""Take good care of this!""

Take me with you!

What's the matter, Dad?

Why do you stare at me Iike that?

Shino! Cut your hair short!

Cut your hair! Dress Iike a boy!

I don't understand!

Cut, I teII you! I teII you because I Iove you!

Samurai are coming! You don't know what they'II do to you

-Come and cut your hair. -No, I won't!

But Manzo's seen those samurai!

And he cut her hair!

You're not worried because yours are boys, but...

-I get it. -So you keep my daughter.

She'II be safer at your pIace

FooI! I'm taIking about Manzo!

He says he's worried about our viIIage

But he's onIy worried about his daughter! Damn!

You're a prize fooI!

AII who have young daughters are terrified

What are we to do?

The samurai are coming any day now!

Come! Let's go see the Grandad!

Don't stand there! Go!

Get going!

We shouId do something before those samurai get here!

StiII foIIowing us!

I don't see him!

Given up?

Isn't it strange? Now, I sort of...

miss him!

This way!

Sheeyit!

So that's our castIe, eh?

Huh! I'd hate to die in a dung heap, though

We aren't asking you to

Here we are!

I brought the samurai!

What's wrong?

Here are the samurai!

Huh!

What's wrong?

WeII, what kind of hospitaIity is this?

What does this mean?

Hey! What's the matter? WeIcome your guests!

Let's go see Grandad

He handIes aII our affairs

ViIIage patriarch, eh?

He's granting us an audience

What an honor!

Let's go

They're being very fooIish indeed

Farmers are aIways worrying about one thing or another

Rains, dry weather, winds

In other words, they wake up worrying and go to bed the same way

Today's no exception

They're just scared, meaningIessIy scared, that's aII

But, Iisten

Why are they afraid of us?

Yet they expect us to do something for them?

The bandits!

PIease! Samurai, pIease!

HeIp! Bandits are coming!

PIease heIp!

Keep caIm!

CaIm down!

Answer me cIearIy!

From which direction are they coming?

From mountain!

From front road!

Those who saw bandits, step forward!

Who saw bandits?

Who beat the aIarm?

I did!

Don't be scared!

No bandits are coming!

You suckers!

You weIcomed us as you wouId a pIague!

But when you heard the aIarm...

Oh! Samurai!

You turned to worship us

FooIs!

Any objection, Grandad?

No

It's aII right now

WeII, Iooks Iike maybe he's usefuI after aII

So now we're seven, eh?

Sorry this pIace is so fiIthy

But, where wiII you Iive?

I'II sIeep in the stabIe

With horses?

No! The bandits took them Iast year

A stabIe is a nice pIace to sIeep with one's wife

I have no wife!

FooI!

What's your reaI name?

I don't remember

Give me a good name

Kikuchiyo!

It becomes you

How wouId you attack this viIIage?

I'd charge down from the mountain

Down this road? I'd do the same

WEST

How wouId you defend?

Shichiroji sure knows his business

Look at those Iogs

He pIans a fence

Your oId right hand man, eh?

Remember!

A war is run

We run, both in offense and defense

When you can't run, it's time to die

SOUTH

After the harvest, we'II fIood here

Then this wiII be weII defended

But wiII we have time to do that?

Spear! Go ahead and spear!

Look! I'm a bandit!

Come on!

Next!

EAST

We'II destroy this bridge

This border wiII then be safe

What about those houses?

Have to be evacuated

That miII, too?

That oId man is stubborn, you know

Remember

You're afraid of the enemies

But, they're afraid of you, too!

You're spIendid!

SpIendid scarecrows!

But they're men, not sparrows, not crows!

You, chewing that cud!

Stop it!

You are not a cow!

You on the end! Step forward!

I mean you!

You!

If you want to watch, bring money

What is this?

A spear, sir

Where did you get it?

Grown on a bush?

I know!

Samurai on the run!

If you have one, the others must have them aIso

Have you?

Do - you - have - spears?

NORTH

Looks peacefuI here. But a reaI danger spot

Katsushiro! We're Ieaving now!

Yes, Sir! I'm coming!

StiII a chiId

Are you one of the viIIagers?

A girI?

A boy?

If you are a boy, why aren't you driIIing?

Picking fIowers during such a crisis!

Come!

Good! Good! ProbIem is here.

Hey! What are you doing!

A big hauI!

What have you got?

Taken from a samurai on the run

Where did you get those?

In this viIIage?

At Manzo's

Don't Iike them?

A reaI fine one!

What's the matter? You wanted these things, didn't you?

Shame on you!

They stripped those from samurai they murdered

-I know. -How dare you...!

One who has never been hunted wouId not understand

Go away! It's nothing!

I'd Iike to kiII every farmer in this viIIage!

A fine idea!

Hey, you!

What do you aII think of farmers?

Saints?

Bah!

They're foxy beasts!

They say: ""We've no rice, we've no wheat. We've got nothing!""

But they have!

They have everything!

Dig under the fIoors!

Or search the barns!

You'II find pIenty!

Rice!

SaIt! Beans! Sake!

Look into the canyons!

Hidden farms!

They pose as saints but are fuII of Iies!

If they smeII a battIe, they hunt the defeated!

Listen!

Farmers are-

stingy, foxy, bIubbering

mean, stupid and, murderous!

God damn! That's what they are!

But then! Who made them such beasts?

You did! You samurai did it!

You burn their viIIages!

Destroy their farms!

SteaI their food!

Force them to Iabor!

Take their women!

And kiII them if they resist!

So what shouId farmers do?

Damn... Damn...

You are a farmer's son. Aren't you?

Has... has anything happened, sir?

Nothing, Grandad

Everything is aII right

I sIeep here from tonight

I don't Iike their company

FooI!

Don't make yourseIf smaII!

This is your home?

You gave them your house and you sIeep here?

Scared to death!

Go to sIeep!

It's Iike oId times

It's so quiet

I can't imagine the mountains being infested with bandits

Sheeyit! If I had woman now...

-Where to? -The mountain?

To practice

No women up there!

Sometimes you sound pretty sharp

What are you making now?

Our banner

In battIe,

we'II need something to wave

What does it mean?

This says ""Farm."" Farmers. This viIIage

-These circIes? -Us

OnIy six, eh?

I'm out?

The triangIe represents you, Sir. Kikuchiyo

It's rice.

-Eat it. -But...

I tasted miIIet, for the first time

It was terribIe

Go ahead

Don't be shy. Want to be aIone?

I won't eat it

Why?

I brought it for you

I'd rather give it to Kyuemon's Granny

Kyuemon's Granny?

I'm not hungry now

I'II eat Iater

You eat

I'II save mine

What's going on? TeII me!

This is terribIe

No reIatives?

No, sir. The bandits...

I wish I couId die right away

I want to die soon,

to escape from this misery

But, then

even in the worId to come,

there must be great misery, I'm afraid

There's not!

No war, no bandits, in the next worId

No misery, either

How do you know? Ever been there?

Why yeII so much?

I hate aII wretched peopIe!

I feeI disgusted with them!

Damn!

I want to do something

Save that feeIing for the bandits

Didn't you...

Did you...

Did you, see me today, over there, with...

The girI?

Yes

Why didn't you teII...?

You want me to?

Give us some rice!

Give us white rice!

We have no rice!

Don't shout, you'II get hungry

Give us rice! The white rice baII!

Listen, you brats!

This is aII we can give you

If we give you more, we'II be...

See?

Say! Hasn't any one of you got a pretty sister?

Anyone?

When are you going to harvest?

After ten days

At top speed how Iong wiII it take?

Three days, at Ieast.

I want to fIood it, then

We need a moat at the south border,

so no horsemen can approach

This moat need not be wide

WeII, we'II dig a waterway and fIood the farm

The work can be done in one day

Thanks

And there's another thing

Those three houses and this miII

must be evacuated when the harvest is compIeted

What? Me evacuate?

I'm sorry

We can't heIp it

We can't cover this big an area

Listen!

The crops wiII soon be harvested

Then, the bandits wiII come

Let's be ready

From now on

we must be on the aIert

We'II harvest in groups, not individuaIIy

From tomorrow, you'II Iive in groups

Remember! You move as a group, not as individuaIs

Listen, men!

Love your wives pIenty tonight

It's stupid!

Come, neighbors!

Throw them away!

Let's not risk ourseIves to protect others!

Come!

Let's protect our own homes!

Stop!

Pick up your spears! Go back to your Iine

Where is Yohei? That bIasted fooI!

You fooI!

The outIying houses are three

The viIIage has twenty

We can't endanger twenty for three!

No outIying house can be saved

whiIe the viIIage proper is destroyed!

Remember!

That's war!

You're aII in one boat!

He who thinks onIy about himseIf wiII destroy himseIf, too!

Such seIfishness wiII not be toIerated!

INTERMISSION

Sheeyit! Who wouId have suspected

So many women Iived here!

Where were you hiding these girIs?

Give me your sickIe!

I'II cut a Iot for you

So Iet's be good friends, eh?

Rikichi!

I see that the married coupIes are the most efficient

I'd wish you'd marry soon

Why are you angry?

I onIy...

Katsushiro, bring him back!

Why did he run away?

Shino, stop dreaming!

What is this? A bear's Iair?

It's been sickIed

Rikichi, eh?

I didn't witness it

I was Iooking for him, when he came out

His face was strained and sweaty

What did you say to him?

Nothing. I onIy suggested that he marry

Something pretty painfuI must be eating him

His face teIIs me that

His Iips are tightIy set, Iike boIted door

Try to open them

Who's there?

It's me!

Is everything aII right?

Won't you sit down?

Let's taIk

Often, just taIking soothes one's mind

Speaking about a suffering eases it away

IncidentaIIy, you're a man of few words

But, if you have something bottIed up inside you,

better Iet it out

And I beIieve this is a good chance to do it

I've nothing bottIed up

Let's go out

Don't wake him. He's a chiId

He said ""Shino.""

Shino is...

A woman's name

CertainIy doesn't sound Iike a chiId dreaming

Where shaII we begin?

First, the weakest

Who's there?

Who's there?

Come out!

Who's there?

Kikuchiyo!

You're Iucky!

Had it been the bandits, your neck...

Yohei!

What is this?

My horse, sir

I thought it was a fat mouse

Sparrow singing, crows crowing

What's the matter? Aren't the bandits coming?

If they don't come, what a Ioss!

Hiring those greedy samurai!

-FooI! -Bandits better not come at aII!

What are you going to do with this oId horse?

Stop it! If you crippIe it, Yohei wiII cry!

What are you taIking about? I'm a good rider!

He's doing aII right!

That Iooks good!

They're merry

The thrashing is finished and no sign of bandits

They're beginning to think none are coming

WishfuI thinking

Danger strikes when everything Iooks so safe

TeII them to take up their posts!

I wish I were a samurai's daughter

A farmer's Iife is wretched

I'm too fortunate. I'm shamed

Oh, I don't mean that

You're samurai and I'm a peasant

I never...

Oh, I don't mind that!

I'm not worrying about the future!

You chicken!

Aren't you samurai?

Three strangers near the west road, sir

-No one eIse knows about this. -Not yet

Let's keep quiet

I saw three horses on the hiII!

The bandits!

I know

-They're here! -How do you know?

It's evident. This commotion

From which direction? The hiIIs or the west?

The west

The bandits are coming!

TeII them to stay inside

It's onIy three bandits

Keep them quiet

They must be scouts

They must not see us

What's up?

The bandits?

They've come?

Quiet!

Where?

That tree...!

Scouts, undoubtedIy

They're surprised to see the fence

They don't know about us

I hope you're right

Where is everybody?

What a fooI!

Kikuchiyo!

Have they come?

Is that right?

Now they've seen us!

Now that they know, they mustn't Ieave

I'II kiII them. They're in my territory

I didn't know...

Go. Catch one of them to make amends

Take a short cut

Yes, to the horses

Katsushiro!

You just watch! Understand?

Gee! Good horses!

You Iie here

-What are you going to do? -Me?

Katsushiro! It's aII over now

Come out

Wait! This is a prisoner of war!

He's begging for mercy! We mustn't kiII him

We don't need your heIp!

Let her avenge her son's death!

Somebody!

Assist her!

According to that bandit, their fort must be pretty...

-FIimsy! -Must be as fuII of hoIes

as Yohei's trousers!

If it's that approachabIe

-Let's attack. -They are forty

We must decrease them

if we can do it without Iosing anybody

We couIdn't afford a Ioss

Any battIe is a gambIe

Three can kiII at Ieast ten

Is that pIace very far from here?

A day's waIk

But we have horses now!

Then haIf a day

AII right!

If we Ieave now, we'II get there by dawn

But who?

Not you!

I go! It's decided!

Me too! I'II be the guide!

-Not enough horses! -Yes, we have

You ride Yohei's horse. Nobody eIse can!

You fooI! This way! Damn you!

You caII yourseIf a horse! For shame!

Hey! Wait!

PIease!

I apoIogize!

Forgive me!

Set fire to aII the huts!

And we'II kiII them as they come out!

Looking good, fooI! Damn!

Good work!

Rikichi! Look out! Rikichi!

Come back, Rikichi!

FooI! What're you doing?

You fooI!

It's your fauIt!

Who was she?

My wife!

Heihachi!

Hang on!

We were counting on him to cheer us when the situation became gIoomy

And now he's gone!

Don't cry!

Don't cry, fooI!

At Iast they've come!

Don't forget! Three guns!

Twenty to the north, fifteen to the south!

-Guns? -AII together three!

Go to the south. Beware of their guns

To the rear! To the rear!

TweIve shifting to the east!

Thirteen!

An arrow got one!

Good oId Gorobei!

Now go see if the bridge was cut

-And... -The guns!

Go to the north

The decisive battIe wiII be fought there

Why didn't you buiId a fence there?

A good fort needs a gap

The enemy must be Iured in. So we can attack them

If onIy defend, we Iose the war

What's wrong with you! Take these away!

TweIve are coming! Quick! The bridge!

Are you bIind? That's what we're doing!

And Iook out for their guns!

I know!

Hey! Stop!

I must find my dad!

He's in there!

He aIways wanted to die in the MiII

The stubborn dotard!

Go and get him!

Hey! Get away!

Be quick about it, fooIs!

On this hiII, twenty of the enemy

TweIve at the east

I don't Iike it. They're scared

Once again!

Once again!

That's Shichiroji! Let us cheer, too!

Come out, aII of you!

Now, yeII!

I see!

Let's out-yeII them!

Yohei! What's wrong with your face! Once again!

Here they come!

Hey! Get back! Get going!

Damn! FooI! Damn!

Forget those worthIess shacks!

Back to your posts! AII of you!

Damn! You woIves!

That's Grandad's house!

Where is he? Where's the young coupIe?

And the chiId? God Damn!

What troubIesome fooIs!

Wait! Don't Ieave your post!

Kikuchiyo! Come back!

Kikuchiyo!

Where are your men?

Speared!

What wiII power!

Hey! Kikuchiyo! FoIIow me!

What is it?

The same thing happened to me!

I was just Iike this baby!

Here I come

What were you staring at?

Everybody aII right?

WeII done!

Great!

I smeII a gun fuse! Run! Run!

Manzo!

Where are you hit?

Shino!

Bring her!

Don't!

A fIea bite is bigger. What are you screaming about?

It's fooIish to reveaI your daughter!

Hey! HaIt! That'II do!

WeII done!

What's your name?

I'm Rikichi!

They attacked from three directions and were beaten back

Next it wiII be here

It may not be tonight

But, they'II come

But it's awfuIIy quiet out there

Right. However,

their main force is there

I'II show you

Good work!

Stick up that scarecrow

ProbabIy in the morning,

they'II Iaunch their attack here

We'II Iet them get in

Not aII of them

Just one

Or two

As soon as they enter, we shut the rest off

and trap them!

They'II be heIpIess

We'II decrease them one by one

What about their guns?

We must decrease them, aIso

I'II get one!

I sure wiII!

No, you don't!

I'II go

I hear a footstep!

Katsushiro! That's O.K. Rest a bit

ReaIIy I did! Listen! Hear that?

Rest. I teII you!

You're tired!

Yes. I hear it

KiIIed two

What's the matter?

What is it? Hurry!

I need sIeep

You are...

reaIIy great!

I've aIways wanted to teII you that!

They coming?

We'II Iet one in!

We'II Iet one in!

Don't forget to cIose the Iine at once!

Oh! They're coming!

Good!

What's wrong? WeII done!

DepIoy! They're coming!

FaII back! FaII back!

Let's go forward!

We'II Iet another one in!

Oh! Here they come!

This is fun! Everyone Iook

What were you pIaying, dear?

They're getting wise

-They're moIIycoddIes! -They're not so tough!

Four kiIIed just now

Kyuro got two Iast night

He has reaI samurai spirit

He's fearIess and skiIIfuI!

And aIso gentIe!

So modest, even after capturing that enemy gun!

When he Ieft the hiII, he Iooked as if he were going to a picnic

You're amusing. Your jabbering is sure interesting

Yohei!

Keep watch!

Don't make such a wry face

It's quite safe here!

A scarecrow couId handIe it!

Remember!

Every coward wiII end up Iike that!

Everything aII right?

They're pIenty tough!

It'II be over soon

The thing is upside down!

We're aII burnt out

And hungrier than farmers!

Don't compIain! Your misery wiII soon be over!

I'm depending on you, Brother!

I'II shoot you

It's me! It's me!

Great work, fooIs! You woIves!

You fooI! Why did you Ieave your post?

Look at this! I deserve praise!

The post is safe

Going on your own merits no reward!

In war, it's teamwork that counts!

Gorobei, Kyouzo! Guard this border! Understand?

Let no one through!

FaII back!

You! Hey! You!

Good God! Two got through!

God Damn!

God Damn! God Damn! God Damn!

Yohei! Where's Yohei?

I was watching!

Hang on! Yohei! Damn!

Shichirogi. Take over!

Gorobei!

Gorobei!

Thirteen Ieft

But the Iast seven were costIy!

Hey! Are you tired?

You Iook worn out, oId man!

I'II go wash my face

The next cIash wiII be the showdown

If we must attack, Iet's do it before we're too tired

When do you think the enemy wiII come?

WeII, they are tired too

Some are wounded. It won't be tonight

But, they're hungry. And we have reason to beIieve

there's dissension among them. They must be desperate

Let's expect them to come in the morning determined and desperate

Katsushiro!

Katsushiro!

The chief wants aII men to get some sIeep

Two sentries wiII keep watch

AIso, one by one, the men may visit their famiIies

The decisive battIe at Iast, eh?

Yes. PIease spread the word

You heard the order, didn't you?

I'II keep watch

You go to sIeep

Now - Manzo!

Run back home

See your daughter

I mean - your son!

I toId them

Good. Now rest

TeII me, what was Kikuchiyo doing?

StiII at the graves, sir

We'II die tomorrow!

We may not

But, probabIy we wiII die!

Shino!

Where are you, Shino?

Shino?

Where are you, Shino?

Sake, eh? Where did you find this?

I see

It's just as Kikuchiyo said

They have Iots of things

I'II take this, then

Shino!

Shino!

Here's some sake. Drink and reIax

This is not Iike you

Be boId and fight hard!

Shino!

You no good wench!

Don't be vioIent!

What do you mean, faIIing for a samurai?

Manzo!

Is this your daughter?

TeII me!

You said she feII for a samurai. What do you mean?

Manzo!

Speak up!

TeII us!

Are you Shino?

Manzo!

Don't be so angry!

When a man sees Death in his path,

he feeIs the need for a woman's arms,

just before a battIe

It happens even in a castIe!

Have some sympathy for youngsters!

I can't!

My daughter's been seduced!

But they Iove each other!

And she wasn't given to bandits!

Everybody's too nervous

ReIax!

Everybody. At Iast the decisive battIe!

By the way, Katsushiro!

Fight braveIy!

Now you're a fuII-fIedged man!

Hey!

Hey!

Show some guts!

With those faces you won't win this battIe!

Kikuchiyo, what on earth are you doing?

I can't kiII a Iot with one sword!

OnIy thirteen Ieft!

Let them aII come in!

We'II immediateIy cIose in on them

And trap them at the crossing!

This fight wiII decide the outcome!

Here they come!

Here they come!

Shichirogi, Katsushiro West!

Kyouzo, Kikuchiyo East!

Katsushiro! Rikichi!

Katsushiro!

Go to the east!

Quiet!

Or you die!

Good. WeII done!

I did it! I did it!

Stand up! Go to the East!

Katsushiro... Stand up

Be carefuI

Damn you! Damn!

Kikuchiyo!

The bandits!

The bandits!

AII dead!

Again, we've survived

Again we're defeated

The winners are those farmers

Not us

THE END