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

Hiroshi Hayashi

Weak Ronin

Sachio Sakai

Coolie #2

Ichirō Chiba

Buddhist Priest

Noriko Sengoku

Wife of Gono Family

Noriko Honma

Woman Farmer

Masanobu Ôkubo

Samurai

Gorô Sakurai

Samurai

Hideo Shibuya

Bandit

Senkichi Ōmura

Bandit Who Escapes

Shōichi Hirose

Bandit

Akira Tani

Bandit

Akio Kusama

Bandit

Haruo Nakajima

Bandit

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Farmer in Front of Gono

Shigeo Katô

Farmer

Haruko Toyama

Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law

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)