Toshirō Mifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai as Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa as Nui

Isuzu Yamada as Orin

Daisuke Katō as Inokichi

Seizaburō Kawazu as Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura as Tokuemon, sake brewer

Hiroshi Tachikawa as Yoichiro

Yōsuke Natsuki as Kohei's Son

Eijirō Tōno as Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Kamatari Fujiwara as Tazaemon

Ikio Sawamura as Hansuke

Atsushi Watanabe as The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

Susumu Fujita as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Kyū Sazanka as Ushitora

Kō Nishimura as Kuma

Takeshi Katō as Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani as First Samurai

Sachio Sakai as First Foot Soldier

Akira Tani as Kame

Namigoro Rashomon as Kannuki the Giant

Yoshio Tsuchiya as Kohei

Gen Shimizu as Magotaro

Jerry Fujio as Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

Yutaka Sada as Matsukichi

Shin Ōtomo as Kumosuke

Shōichi Hirose as Ushitora Follower

Hideyo Amamoto as Yahachi

Shōji Ōki as Sukeju

Fuminori Ōhashi as Second Samurai

Hiroshi Kiyama as Farmer

Senkichi Ōmura as Traveler

Noriko Honma as Farmer's Ex-wife

Ryusuke Nishio as Seibei Follower

Naoya Kusakawa as Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino as Seibei Follower

Mitsuo Tsuda as

Shinpei Takagi as Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo as Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama as Ushitora Follower

Yasuzō Ogawa as Ushitora Follower

Hiroshi Takagi as Ushitora Follower

Jun'ichirō Mukai as Seibei Follower

Takuzō Kumagai as

Ichirō Chiba as Second Foot Soldier

Haruya Sakamoto as Ushitora Follower

Rinsaku Ogata as Seibei Follower

Takeo Ogushi as Ushitora Follower

Yoko Terui as Woman at Seibei's House

Hiromi Mineoka as Woman at Seibei's House

Michiko Kawa as Woman at Seibei's House