Cast 29

1. 

   Toshirō Mifune

   Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

2. 

   Koji Tsuruta

   Kojiro Sasaki

3. 

   Kaoru Yachigusa

   Otsu

4. 

   Mariko Okada

   Akemi

5. 

   Michiyo Kogure

   Lady Yoshino

6. 

   Akihiko Hirata

   Seijuro Yoshioka

7. 

   Mitsuko Mito

   Oko

8. Kurôemon Onoe

   Takuan

9. 

   Sachio Sakai

   Matahachi Honiden

10. 

    Yū Fujiki

    Denshichiro Yoshioka

11. 

    Machiko Kitagawa

    Kogure

12. 

    Eiko Miyoshi

    Osugi

13. 

    Eijirō Tōno

    Baiken Shishido

14. Kenjin Iida

    Jotaro

15. Ko Mihashi

    Honami Koetsu

16. 

    Yoshifumi Tajima

    Yoshioka samurai

17. Keiko Kondo

    (uncredited)

18. 

    Hisako Takihana

    (uncredited)

19. 

    Ren Yamamoto

    (uncredited)

20. Ryū Kuze

    (uncredited)

21. 

    Torahiko Hamada

    (uncredited)

22. 

    Yoshio Inaba

    (uncredited)

23. Fumindo Matsuo

    (uncredited)

24. Minoru Itō

    (uncredited)

25. 

    Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

    (uncredited)

26. Ren Imaizumi

    (uncredited)

27. 

    Rinsaku Ogata

    (uncredited)

28. 

    Kenzō Tabu

    (uncredited)

29. 

    Kokuten Kōdō

    Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

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