Toshirō Mifune as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki

Miki Sanjō as Misao Matsumoto

Takashi Shimura as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Kenjiro Uemura as Susumu Nakada

Isamu Yamaguchi as Patrolman Nosaka

Noriko Sengoku as Apprentice Nurse

Chieko Nakakita as Takiko Nakada

Kenichi Miyajima as

Masatoki Sasaki as Old soldier

Seiji Izumi as Policeman

Tadashi Date as Father of boy with appendicitis

Shigeyuki Miyajima as Officer

Junnosuke Miyazaki as Cpl. Horiguchi

Kisao Tobita as Boy with typhoid

Kan Takami as Laborer

Etsuko Sudo as Mother of boy with appendicitis

Hatsuko Wakahara as Mii-chan

Hiroko Machida as Nurse Imai

Wakayo Matsumura as Student Nurse

Yakuko Ikegami as Gaudy Woman

Shigeru Matsumoto as Boy with appendicitis

Yosuke Kudo as Boy