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.

• 三船敏郎
• 千秋実
• 藤原釜足
• 上原美佐
• 藤田進
• 志村喬
• 沢村いき雄
• 三井弘次
• 笈川武夫
• 藤木悠