Chris Marker as Self - Narrator (voice)

Akira Kurosawa as Self

Tatsuya Nakadai as Self

Ishirō Honda as Self

Asakazu Nakai as Self

Takao Saitō as Self

Yoshirō Muraki as Self

Fumio Yanoguchi as Self

Takeji Sano as Self

Teruyo Nogami as Self

Fumisuke Okada as Self

Vittorio Dalle Ore as Self

Toru Takemitsu as Self