A veteran swordsman fallen on hard times agrees to help a peasant village that has come under attack by bandits. He gathers a small band of his fellow warriors to protect the people and train them to fight back against their enemies. Akira Kurosawa's historical adventure, starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune. In Japanese. Part of the Men of Steel season.

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.