Toshirō Mifune

Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

Yūzō Kayama

Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Sahachi

Reiko Dan

Osugi

Miyuki Kuwano

Onaka

Kyōko Kagawa

Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Genzô Tsugawa

Terumi Niki

Otoyo

Akemi Negishi

Okuni

Yoshitaka Zushi

Chobo

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Dr. Handayû Mori

Eijirō Tōno

Goheiji

Takashi Shimura

Tokubei Izumiya

Chishū Ryū

Mr. Yasumoto

Haruko Sugimura

Kin, the madam

Kinuyo Tanaka

Madame Yasumoto

Eijirō Yanagi

Madwoman's father

Kōji Mitsui

Heikichi

Kō Nishimura

Chief retainer

Nobuo Chiba

Matsudaira

Kamatari Fujiwara

Rokusuke

Ken Mitsuda

Genpaku Amano

Yōko Fujiyama

Chigusa, Masae's sister

Yōko Naitō

Masae

Reiko Nanao

Otoku

Imari Tsuji

Okatsu

Akiko Nomura

Ofuku

Sue Mitobe

Otake

Kin Sugai

Choji's Mother

Michiko Araki

Brothel owner

Bokuzen Hidari

Patient A

Atsushi Watanabe

Patient B

Yasuzō Ogawa

Businessman

Yutaka Sada

Resident

Ikio Sawamura

Resident

Noriko Honma

Resident

Miyoko Nakamura

Okoto

Akiko Kazami

Masae's mother

Chisato Aoki

Prostitute

Kyoko Kurisu

Prostitute

Yukiko Yanagishita

Prostitute

Toshiko Fukai

Prostitute

Keiko Tomita

Girl on street

Shōji Ōki

Thug

Shōichi Hirose

Thug

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Thug

Masanobu Ōkubo

Choji's Father

Fujio Tokita

Thug

Yasuo Araki

Thug

Hiroshi Tanaka

Thug

Shin Ibuki

Thug

Kanzō Uni

Thug

Hiroto Kimura

Thug

Shu Komoro

Thug

Ryū Kuze

Thug

Susumu Ishikawa

(uncredited)