Samurai 7

Facing starvation at the hands of the Nobuseri, the farmers of Kanna Village send Kirara, Komachi, and Rikichi on a journey to find samurai who will protect their people.

The young, untried samurai Katsushiro volunteers his services to Kirara -- and gets a chance to prove his worth when Kirara is kidnapped by the Magistrate's son.

Since the Great War ended, samurai struggle to find new ways to survive; for one battle-scarred man, that means entertainment, exploiting his skills for daily bread; he may be exactly what the farmers need.

The group has gotten the Magistrate's attention and he orders them executed, farmers and samurai alike; as they battle a string of assassins, Kambei encounters a silent, skilled samurai he is determined to recruit.

Kambei's frustrated group hears of a wandering, moneyless man who chops wood with his sword to pay for meals; as they soon learn, that is only the start of this nomad's peculiar, rice-loving, philosophizing ways.

After the Imperial Envoy is murdered, a citywide hunt for all samurai begins; the team plans a fast escape, but blundering Kikuchiyo seizes the moment to prove himself to the team.