• 
  Akira Kurosawa

  regizor

• 
  Eijiro Hisaita

  scenarist

• 
  Toshiro Mifune

  Kingo Gondo
• 
  Tatsuya Nakadai

  Chief Detective Tokura
• 
  Kyoko Kagawa

  Reiko Gondo
• 
  Tatsuya Mihashi

  Kawanishi, secretara lui Gondo
• 
  Takeo Kimura

  Detectivul Arai
• 
  Kenjiro Ishiyama

  Detectivul sef 'Bos'n' Taguchi

• 
  Takashi Shimura
• 
  Masao Shimizu

  Prison Warden
• 
  Kô Nishimura

  Third Creditor
• 
  Minoru Chiaki

  First Reporter
• 
  Nobuo Nakamura

  Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
• 
  Eijirô Tôno

  Factory Worker
• 
  Susumu Fujita

  Chief of First Investigating Section

• 
  Ikio Sawamura

  Yokohama Station Trolley Man
• 
  Takeshi Katô

  Detective Nakao
• 
  Shiro Mifune

  Kingo Gondo
• 
  Jun Hamamura

  Second Creditor
• 
  Kin Sugai

  Female Drug Addict
• 
  Keiko Tomita

  Murder Victim
• 
  Kazuo Kitamura

  Third Reporter
• 
  Koji Mitsui

  Second Reporter
• 
  Kamatari Fujiwara

  Junkyard Cook
• 
  Yûnosuke Itô

  Baba - National Shoes Executive
• 
  Isao Kimura

  Detective Arai
• 
  Jun Tazaki

  Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
• 
  Tsutomu Yamazaki

  Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern