On screen
Cast
29 credited performers
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi
The Spy
Yūzō Kayama
Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Takashi Shimura
Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takebayashi
Takako Irie
Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu
Kikui
Yūnosuke Itō
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo
Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Samurai
Kunie Tanaka
Samurai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Samurai
Akihiko Hirata
Samurai
Toranosuke Ogawa
Character not listed
Sachio Sakai
Samurai
Artwork unavailable
Kenzô Matsui
Samurai
Artwork unavailable
Toshiko Higuchi
Maid Koyso
Artwork unavailable
Tatsuhiko Namisato
Samurai
Yutaka Sada
Murota samurai
Gen Shimizu
Character not listed
Shin Ōtomo
Character not listed
Shōichi Hirose
Character not listed
Artwork unavailable
Minoru Itō
Character not listed
Artwork unavailable
Kōji Uruki
Character not listed
Artwork unavailable
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Character not listed
Fuminori Ōhashi
Character not listed