A group of idealistic young men, determined to clean up the corruption in their town, are aided by a scruffy, cynical samurai who does not at all fit their concept of a noble warrior. (Japan, 1962, B&W, 96 mins, dir. Akira Kurosawa, with Toshiro Mifune & Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese with English subtitles) (#1587)