Toshirō Mifune

as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa

as Nui

Isuzu Yamada

as Orin

Daisuke Katō

as Inokichi

Seizaburō Kawazu

as Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura

as Tokuemon, sake brewer

Hiroshi Tachikawa

as Yoichiro