
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa
Nui

Isuzu Yamada
Orin

Daisuke Katō
Inokichi

Seizaburō Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer

Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoichiro

Yōsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son

Eijirō Tōno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Kamatari Fujiwara
Tazaemon

Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke

Atsushi Watanabe
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora

Kō Nishimura
Kuma

Takeshi Katō
Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani
First Samurai

Sachio Sakai
First Foot Soldier

Akira Tani
Kame

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kohei

Gen Shimizu
Magotaro

Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

Yutaka Sada
Matsukichi

Shin Ōtomo
Kumosuke

Shōichi Hirose
Ushitora Follower

Hideyo Amamoto
Yahachi
Shōji Ōki
Sukeju

Fuminori Ōhashi
Second Samurai
Hiroshi Kiyama
Farmer

Senkichi Ōmura
Traveler

Noriko Honma
Farmer's Ex-wife
Ryusuke Nishio
Seibei Follower

Naoya Kusakawa
Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino
Seibei Follower

Shinpei Takagi
Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo
Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama
Ushitora Follower
Yasuzō Ogawa
Ushitora Follower
Hiroshi Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Seibei Follower

Ichirō Chiba
Second Foot Soldier
Haruya Sakamoto
Ushitora Follower

Rinsaku Ogata
Seibei Follower
Takeo Ogushi
Ushitora Follower
Yoko Terui
Woman at Seibei's House
Hiromi Mineoka
Woman at Seibei's House

Michiko Kawa
Woman at Seibei's House