Obsada:

• Toshirô Mifune Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
• Tatsuya Nakadai Unosuke, gunfighter
• Yôko Tsukasa Nui
• Isuzu Yamada Orin
• Daisuke Katô Inokichi, Ushitora's rotund brother
• Seizaburô Kawazu Seibei, brothel operator
• Takashi Shimura Tokuemon, sake brewer
• Hiroshi Tachikawa Yoichiro
• Yosuke Natsuki Kohei's Son
• Eijirô Tono Gonji, tavern keeper
• Kamatari Fujiwara Tazaemon
• Ikio Sawamura Hansuke
• Atsushi Watanabe The Cooper
• Susumu Fujita Homma, instructor who skips town
• Kyu Sazanka Ushitora
• Kô Nishimura Kuma
• Takeshi Katô Ronin Kobuhachi
• Ichirô Nakaya First Samurai
• Sachio Sakai First Foot Soldier
• Akira Tani Kame
• Namigoro Rashomon Kannuki the giant
• Yoshio Tsuchiya Kohei
• Gen Shimizu Magotaro
• Yutaka Sada Matsukichi
• Shin Otomo Kumosuke
• Shoichi Hirose Ushitora Follower
• Eisei Amamoto Yahachi
• Shôji Oki Sukeju
• Fuminori Ohashi Second Samurai
• Hiroshi Yoseyama Farmer
• Senkichi Omura Traveler
• Fumiko Honma Farmer's ex-wife
• Ryusuke Nishio Seibei Follower
• Naoya Kusakawa Seibei Follower
• Nadao Kirino Seibei Follower
• Jun Otomo Seibei Follower
• Shinpei Takagi Ushitora Follower
• Akio Kusama Ushitora Follower
• Yasuzo Ogawa Ushitora Follower
• Hiroshi Takagi Ushitora Follower
• Junichirô Mukai Seibei Follower
• Fumiyoshi Kamagaya Seibei Follower
• Ichirô Chiba Second Foot Soldier
• Haruya Sakamoto Ushitora Follower
• Rinsaku Ogata Seibei Follower
• Fumio Kogushi Ushitora Follower
• Yoko Terui Woman at Seibei's house
• Hiromi Mineoka Woman at Seibei's house
• Michiko Kawa Woman at Seibei's house
• Jerry Fujio Roku, samurai whose arm is cut