Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi

Toshirō Mifune as Yojimbo/Sasa

Ayako Wakao as Umeno

Osamu Takizawa as Yasuke Eboshiya

Masakane Yonekura as Boss Masagoro

Shin Kishida as Kuzuryu

Kanjūrō Arashi as Hyoroku

Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Sanaemon Goto

Shigeru Kōyama as Jinzaburo Wakiya

Hideo Sunazuka as

Daigo Kusano as

Fujio Tokita as

Gen Kimura as

Hiroshi Tanaka as

Hiroto Kimura as

Ryutaro Itsumi as

Yūji Hamada as

Kazu Echikawa as

Gen Kuroki as

Junshiro Araseki as

Yoko Netsuda as

Minori Terada as