Toshirō Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto
Reiko Dan
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takebayashi
Takako Irie
Mutsuta's wife
Yūnosuke Itō
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Toshiko Higuchi
Maid Koyso
Tatsuhiko Namisato
Samurai
Yutaka Sada
Murota samurai