• 
  Masaki Kobayashi

  regizor

• 
  Lafcadio Hearn

  scenarist

• 
  Rentaro Mikuni

  Sotul (Black Hair)
• 
  Michiyo Aratama

  Prima sotie (Black Hair)
• 
  Misako Watanabe

  A doua sotie(Black Hair)
• 
  Tatsuya Nakadai

  Mi nokichi
• 
  Keiko Kishi

  Yuki the Snow Maiden
• 
  Katsuo Nakamura

  Hoichi

• 
  Takashi Shimura
• 
  Haruko Sugimura

  Madame (segment "Chawan no naka")
• 
  Seiji Miyaguchi

  Old man (segment "Chawan no naka")
• 
  Kenjiro Ishiyama

  Father (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Eisei Amamoto

  (segment "Chawan no naka")
• 
  Akiji Kobayashi

  (segment "Chawan no naka")
• 
  Jun Hamamura

  (segment "Yuki-Onna")

• 
  Kei Sato

  Ghost samurai (segment "Chawan no naka")
• 
  Rintaro

  Husband (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Kin Sugai

  Village woman (segment "Yuki-Onna")
• 
  Kazuo Kitamura

  Taira no Tomomori (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
• 
  Kinzo Sekiguchi

  (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
• 
  Isao Tamagawa

  (segment "Chawan no naka")
• 
  Kunie Tanaka

  Yasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
• 
  Shigeru Kôyama

  (segment "Chawan no naka")
• 
  Tetsurô Tanba

  Warrior (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
• 
  Ranko Akagi

  Mother (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Kappei Matsumoto

  (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Yûko Mochizuki

  Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")
• 
  Fumie Kitahara

  (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Yoshiko Ieda

  (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Kenzô Tanaka

  (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Otome Tsukimiya

  (segment "Kurokami")
• 
  Kiyoshi Nakano

  (segment "Kurokami")