Toshirō Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Rentaro Mikuni as Matahachi

Mariko Okada as Akemi

Kurôemon Onoe as Takuan

Kaoru Yachigusa as Otsu

Mitsuko Mito as Oko

Eiko Miyoshi as Osugi

Akihiko Hirata as Seijuro Yoshioka

Kusuo Abe as Temma Tsujikaze

Eitarō Ozawa as Terumasa Ikeda

Seijirô Onda as Chief Official (uncredited)

Fumindo Matsuo as Petty Official (uncredited)

Masanobu Ōkubo as Petty Official (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai as Villager (uncredited)

Akira Sera as Villager (uncredited)

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Villager (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada as Soldier (uncredited)

Shigeo Katō as Soldier (uncredited)

Jun'ichirō Mukai as Soldier (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Kamoda as Roving Warrior (uncredited)

Michio Sakurai as Roving Warrior (uncredited)

Gorô Sakurai as Roving Warrior (uncredited)

Masao Masuda as Woodcutter (uncredited)

Sôjin Kamiyama as (uncredited)

Kanta Kisaragi as (uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi as (uncredited)

Jitsuko Yoshimura as Ei

Daisuke Katō as Toji