Toshirō Mifune

Kikuchiyo

Takashi Shimura

Kambei Shimada

Yoshio Inaba

Gorobei Katayama

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyuzo

Minoru Chiaki

Heihachi Hayashida

Daisuke Katō

Shichiroji

Isao Kimura

Katsushiro Okamoto

Keiko Tsushima

Shino

Yukiko Shimazaki

Rikichi's Wife

Kamatari Fujiwara

Manzô - Father of Shino

Yoshio Kosugi

Mosuke

Bokuzen Hidari

Yohei

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Rikichi

Kokuten Kōdō

Gisaku, the Old Man

Eijirō Tōno

Kidnapper

Jun Tatara

Coolie A

Atsushi Watanabe

Bun Seller

Toranosuke Ogawa

Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

Isao Yamagata

Samurai

Kichijirō Ueda

Bandit Scout

Sôjin Kamiyama

Blind Player

Gen Shimizu

Samurai Who Kicks Farmers

Keiji Sakakida

Gosaku

Shinpei Takagi

Bandit Chieftain

Shin Ōtomo

Bandit Second-in-Command

Toshio Takahara

Samurai with Gun

Kan Sugi

Tea Shop Owner

Hiroshi Hayashi

Weak Ronin

Sachio Sakai

Coolie #2

Sôkichi Maki

Strong-Looking Samurai

Ichirō Chiba

Buddhist Priest

Noriko Sengoku

Wife of Gono Family

Noriko Honma

Woman Farmer

Masanobu Ôkubo

Samurai

Etsuo Saijo

Bandit

Minoru Itō

Samurai

Haruya Sakamoto

Samurai

Gorô Sakurai

Samurai

Hideo Shibuya

Bandit

Kiyoshi Kamoda

Samurai

Senkichi Ōmura

Bandit Who Escapes

Takashi Narita

Bandit Who Escapes

Shōichi Hirose

Bandit

Kôji Uno

Bandit

Masaaki Tachibana

Bandit

Kamayuki Tsubono

Bandit

Taiji Naka

Bandit

Chindanji Miyagawa

Bandit

Shigemi Sunagawa

Bandit

Akira Tani

Bandit

Akio Kusama

Bandit

Ryûtarô Amami

Bandit

Jun Mikami

Bandit

Haruo Nakajima

Bandit

Sanpei Mine

Farmer

Masahide Matsushita

Samurai

Kaneo Ikeda

Samurai

Takuzô Kumagaya

Gisaku's Son

Ippei Kawagoe

Farmer

Jirô Suzukawa

Farmer

Junpei Natsuki

Farmer

Kyôichi Kamiyama

Farmer

Haruo Suzuki

Farmer

Gorô Amano

Farmer

Akira Kitchôji

Farmer

Kōji Iwamoto

Farmer

Hiroshi Akitsu

Husband of Gono Family

Akira Yamada

Farmer

Kazuo Imai

Farmer

Eisuke Nakanishi

Farmer

Toku Ihara

Farmer

Hideo Ôtsuka

Farmer

Shû Ôe

Farmer

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Farmer in Front of Gono

Yasumasa Ônishi

Farmer

Tsuneo Katagiri

Farmer in Front of Gono

Megeru Shimoda

Farmer

Masayoshi Kawabe

Farmer

Shigeo Katô

Farmer

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Farmer

Takeshi Seki

Coolie #3

Haruko Toyama

Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law

Tsuruko Mano

Woman Farmer in front of Gono

Matsue Ono

Woman Farmer

Tsurue Ichimanji

Woman Farmer

Masako Ōshiro

Woman Farmer

Kyōko Ozawa

Woman Farmer

Michiko Kadono

Farmer's Wife

Toshiko Nakano

Farmer's Wife

Shizuko Azuma

Farmer's Wife

Michiko Kawabe

Farmer's Wife

Yûko Togawa

Farmer's Wife

Yayoko Kitano

Farmer's Wife

Kyoko Mori

Farmer's Wife

Misao Suyama

Woman Farmer

Toriko Takahara

Woman Farmer

Takeshi Katō

Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Ken Utsui

Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto

Farmer (uncredited)