An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

三原火山爆发时弄醒了沉睡的哥斯拉，牠为了补充能源，先後袭击了一艘日本渔船及苏联的潜航舰。日本政府反对运用核武，皆因会连累无辜的市民蒙受死伤。于是出动超级火战机正面跟哥斯拉交锋。同时，林田博士亦发现了哥斯拉会受一种电波影响，并且会随它归巢。因此打算让哥斯拉随电波掉进火山口，并且将哥斯拉歼灭。

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.