A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
Directed byAkira Kurosawa
Written byMasato Ide, Akira Kurosawa
CountryJapan, United States
Runtime180 min
On screen
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ken'ichi Hagiwara