Toshirō Mifune character Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai character Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi character The Spy
Yûzô Kayama character Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan character Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Takashi Shimura character Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara character Takebayashi
Takako Irie character Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu character Kikui
Yūnosuke Itō character Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo character Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa character Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya character Samurai
Kunie Tanaka character Samurai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara character Samurai
Akihiko Hirata character Samurai
Sachio Sakai character Samurai
Kenzô Matsui character Samurai
Toshiko Higuchi character Maid Koyso
Tatsuhiko Namisato character Samurai
Yutaka Sada character Murota samurai
