Toshirō Mifune as Isaburo Sasahara

Yōko Tsukasa as Ichi Sasahara

Gō Katō as Yogoro Sasahara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Bunzo Sasahara

Etsuko Ichihara as Kiku

Isao Yamagata as Shobei Tsuchiya

Tatsuya Nakadai as Tatewaki Asano

Shigeru Kōyama as Geki Takahashi

Michiko Ōtsuka as Suga Sasahara

Tatsuo Matsumura as Lord Masakata Matsudaira

Masao Mishima as Sanzaemon Yanase

Jun Hamamura as Hyoemon Shiomi

Takamaru Sasaki as Kenmotsu Sasahara

Hideo Fukuhara as Sahei

Tetsuko Kobayashi as Otama

Hisano Yamaoka as Sannojo Kasai's mother (uncredited)

Yoshirō Aoki as Takazo Komiya (uncredited)