- Toshirô Mifune
- Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)
- Rentarô Mikuni
- Honiden Matahachi
- Kurôemon Onoe
- Takuan Osho
- Kaoru Yachigusa
- Otsu
- Mariko Okada
- Akemi
- Mitsuko Mito
- Oko, Matahachi's wife
- Eiko Miyoshi
- Osugi, Matahachi's mother
- Akihiko Hirata
- Seijuro Yoshioka
- Kusuo Abe
- Temma Tsujikaze
- Eitarô Ozawa
- Terumasa Ikeda
- Akira Tani
- Kawarano-Gonroku
- Seijirô Onda
- Chief Official
- Fumindo Matsuo
- Petty Official
- Masanobu Ôkubo
- Petty Official
- Takuzô Kumagai
- Villager
- Akira Sera
- Villager
- Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
- Villager
- Yutaka Sada
- Soldier
- Shigeo Katô
- Soldier
- Jun'ichirô Mukai
- Soldier
- Kiyoshi Kamoda
- Roving Warrior
- Michio Sakurai
- Roving Warrior
- Gorô Sakurai
- Roving Warrior
- Masao Masuda
- Woodcutter
- Daisuke Katô
- Toji
- Akio Kusama
- Official
