Toshirō Mifune

Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Rentaro Mikuni

Matahachi

Mariko Okada

Akemi

Kurôemon Onoe

Takuan

Kaoru Yachigusa

Otsu

Mitsuko Mito

Oko

Eiko Miyoshi

Osugi

Akihiko Hirata

Seijuro Yoshioka

Kusuo Abe

Temma Tsujikaze

Eitarō Ozawa

Terumasa Ikeda

Seijirô Onda

Chief Official (uncredited)

Fumindo Matsuo

Petty Official (uncredited)

Masanobu Ōkubo

Petty Official (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

Villager (uncredited)

Akira Sera

Villager (uncredited)

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Villager (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada

Soldier (uncredited)

Shigeo Katō

Soldier (uncredited)

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Soldier (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Kamoda

Roving Warrior (uncredited)

Michio Sakurai

Roving Warrior (uncredited)

Gorô Sakurai

Roving Warrior (uncredited)

Masao Masuda

Woodcutter (uncredited)

Sôjin Kamiyama

(uncredited)

Kanta Kisaragi

(uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi

(uncredited)

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Ei

Daisuke Katō

Toji