• 
  Kihachi Okamoto

  regizor

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  Shinobu Hashimoto

  scenarist

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  Tatsuya Nakadai

  Ryunosuke Tsukue
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  Yuzo Kayama

  Hyoma Utsuki
• 
  Michiyo Aratama

  Ohama
• 
  Toshiro Mifune

  Toranosuke Shimada
• 
  Yoko Naito

  Omatsu
• 
  Ichiro Nakaya

  Bunnojo Utsuki

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  Kô Nishimura

  Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
• 
  Takamaru Sasaki

  Ishinsai Nakamura
• 
  Eisei Amamoto
• 
  Shiro Mifune

  Toranosuke Shimada
• 
  Kei Sato

  Kamo Serizawa
• 
  Tôru Ibuki
• 
  Kamatari Fujiwara

  Omatsu's grandfather

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  Kunie Tanaka

  Senkichi