Takashi Shimura
as Kurofuji
Toshirô Mifune
as Sanjuro Tsubaki
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Hanbei Muroto
Yunosuke Ito
as Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Yûzô Kayama
as Iiro Izaka, Samurai Leader
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Takebayashi
Masao Shimizu
as Kikui, the Superintendent
Reiko Dan
as Chidori
Takako Irie
as Mutsuta's Wife
Keiju Kobayashi
as The Spy