Classic Japanese adventure directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara and Minoru Chiaki.
Set in 16th-century Japan, the story centres on rival clans, hidden gold and a princess in distress.
Tahei (Chiaki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) are two cowardly soldiers on the run from an advancing enemy army.
As they search the country for a cache of secret gold, they join forces with Rokurota Makabe (Mifune), a samurai warrior who is escorting a feisty princess (Uehara) through enemy territory.
The mismatched travellers then have to fight a number of battles before they finally come within sight of their goal.