- Yûzô Kayama
- Sanshiro Sugata
- Tsutomu Yamazaki
- Genshiro
- Eiji Okada
- Gennosuke / Tesshin
- Takashi Shimura
- Mishima
- Bokuzen Hidari
- Priest
- Daisuke Katô
- Hansuke Murai
- Yumiko Kokonoe
- Sayo, Hansuke's daughter
- Tatsuhiko Namisato
- Daisaburo Hidarimonji
- Kinji Matsueda
- Yoshimaro Dan
- Hiroshi Aoyama
- Toranosuke Shinkai
- Yoshirô Aoki
- Yujiro Toda
- Kenji Kodama
- Kohei Tsuzaki
- Yoji Arisawa
- Nemoto
- Toshio Chiba
- Torakichi
- Chôko Iida
- Old Lady
- Takamaru Sasaki
- Inuma
- Toshirô Mifune
- Shogoro Yano
- Yûnosuke Itô
- Saburo Monma
