Cast 29

1. 

   Toshirō Mifune

   Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

2. 

   Tatsuya Nakadai

   Hanbei Muroto

3. 

   Keiju Kobayashi

   The Spy

4. 

   Yūzō Kayama

   Iori Izaka

5. 

   Reiko Dan

   Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

6. 

   Takashi Shimura

   Kurofuji

7. 

   Kamatari Fujiwara

   Takebayashi

8. 

   Takako Irie

   Mutsuta's wife

9. 

   Masao Shimizu

   Kikui

10. 

    Yūnosuke Itō

    Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

11. 

    Akira Kubo

    Samurai

12. 

    Hiroshi Tachikawa

    Samurai

13. 

    Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Samurai

14. 

    Kunie Tanaka

    Samurai

15. 

    Tatsuyoshi Ehara

    Samurai

16. 

    Akihiko Hirata

    Samurai

17. 

    Toranosuke Ogawa

18. 

    Sachio Sakai

    Samurai

19. Kenzô Matsui

    Samurai

20. Toshiko Higuchi

    Maid Koyso

21. Tatsuhiko Namisato

    Samurai

22. 

    Yutaka Sada

    Murota samurai

23. 

    Gen Shimizu

24. 

    Shin Ōtomo

25. 

    Shōichi Hirose

26. Minoru Itō

27. Kōji Uruki

28. Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

29. Fuminori Ōhashi

Troupe 17