Two bumbling, cowardly peasants fleeing from the aftermath of a feudal war fall in with a general from the defeated army. They help the mighty warrior with his current mission, escorting a princess to safety before her triumphant enemies can find her. Akira Kurosawa's historical adventure, starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara. In Japanese.

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.