Toshirō Mifune as Kikuchiyo

Takashi Shimura as Kambei Shimada

Yoshio Inaba as Gorobei Katayama

Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyuzo

Minoru Chiaki as Heihachi Hayashida

Daisuke Katō as Shichiroji

Isao Kimura as Katsushiro Okamoto

Keiko Tsushima as Shino

Yukiko Shimazaki as Rikichi's Wife

Kamatari Fujiwara as Manzô - Father of Shino

Yoshio Kosugi as Mosuke

Bokuzen Hidari as Yohei

Yoshio Tsuchiya as Rikichi

Kokuten Kōdō as Gisaku, the Old Man

Eijirō Tōno as Kidnapper

Jun Tatara as Coolie A

Atsushi Watanabe as Bun Seller

Toranosuke Ogawa as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

Isao Yamagata as Samurai

Kichijirō Ueda as Bandit Scout

Sôjin Kamiyama as Blind Player

Gen Shimizu as Samurai Who Kicks Farmers

Keiji Sakakida as Gosaku

Shinpei Takagi as Bandit Chieftain

Shin Ōtomo as Bandit Second-in-Command

Toshio Takahara as Samurai with Gun

Kan Sugi as Tea Shop Owner

Hiroshi Hayashi as Weak Ronin

Sachio Sakai as Coolie #2

Sôkichi Maki as Strong-Looking Samurai

Ichirō Chiba as Buddhist Priest

Noriko Sengoku as Wife of Gono Family

Noriko Honma as Woman Farmer

Masanobu Ōkubo as Samurai

Etsuo Saijo as Bandit

Minoru Itō as Samurai

Haruya Sakamoto as Samurai

Gorô Sakurai as Samurai

Hideo Shibuya as Bandit

Kiyoshi Kamoda as Samurai

Senkichi Ōmura as Bandit Who Escapes

Takashi Narita as Bandit Who Escapes

Shōichi Hirose as Bandit

Kôji Uno as Bandit

Masaaki Tachibana as Bandit

Kamayuki Tsubono as Bandit

Taiji Naka as Bandit

Chindanji Miyagawa as Bandit

Shigemi Sunagawa as Bandit

Akira Tani as Bandit

Akio Kusama as Bandit

Ryûtarô Amami as Bandit

Jun Mikami as Bandit

Haruo Nakajima as Bandit

Sanpei Mine as Farmer

Masahide Matsushita as Samurai

Kaneo Ikeda as Samurai

Takuzô Kumagaya as Gisaku's Son

Ippei Kawagoe as Farmer

Jirô Suzukawa as Farmer

Junpei Natsuki as Farmer

Kyôichi Kamiyama as Farmer

Haruo Suzuki as Farmer

Gorô Amano as Farmer

Akira Kitchôji as Farmer

Kōji Iwamoto as Farmer

Hiroshi Akitsu as Husband of Gono Family

Akira Yamada as Farmer

Kazuo Imai as Farmer

Eisuke Nakanishi as Farmer

Toku Ihara as Farmer

Hideo Ôtsuka as Farmer

Shû Ôe as Farmer

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Farmer in Front of Gono

Yasumasa Ônishi as Farmer

Tsuneo Katagiri as Farmer in Front of Gono

Megeru Shimoda as Farmer

Masayoshi Kawabe as Farmer

Shigeo Katō as Farmer

Yoshikazu Kawamata as Farmer

Takeshi Seki as Coolie #3

Haruko Toyama as Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law

Tsuruko Mano as Woman Farmer in front of Gono

Matsue Ono as Woman Farmer

Tsurue Ichimanji as Woman Farmer

Masako Ōshiro as Woman Farmer

Kyōko Ozawa as Woman Farmer

Michiko Kadono as Farmer's Wife

Toshiko Nakano as Farmer's Wife

Shizuko Azuma as Farmer's Wife

Michiko Kawabe as Farmer's Wife

Yûko Togawa as Farmer's Wife

Yayoko Kitano as Farmer's Wife

Kyoko Mori as Farmer's Wife

Misao Suyama as Woman Farmer

Toriko Takahara as Woman Farmer

Takeshi Katō as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Tatsuya Nakadai as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Ken Utsui as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto as Farmer (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai as Gisaku's Son