Cast 45

1. 

   Toshirō Mifune

   Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

2. 

   Koji Tsuruta

   Kojiro Sasaki

3. 

   Kaoru Yachigusa

   Otsu

4. 

   Mariko Okada

   Akemi

5. Kurôemon Onoe

   Takuan

6. 

   Michiko Saga

   Omitsu

7. 

   Takashi Shimura

   Court official

8. Minoru Chiaki

   Sasuke the boatman

9. 

   Takamaru Sasaki

   Omitsu's father

10. 

    Haruo Tanaka

    Kumagoro the horse thief

11. 

    Kichijirō Ueda

    Priest Ogon

12. 

    Ikio Sawamura

    Innkeeper (uncredited)

13. 

    Nakajirō Tomita

    (uncredited)

14. 

    Sonosuke Sawamura

    (uncredited)

15. 

    Michiyo Kogure

    Yoshino (uncredited)

16. 

    Akihiko Hirata

    Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)

17. 

    Minosuke Yamada

    (uncredited)

18. Sōji Kiyokawa

    (uncredited)

19. Masako Sakurai

    (uncredited)

20. Yutaka Oka

    (uncredited)

21. Tominosuke Hayama

    (uncredited)

22. 

    Kumeko Otowa

    (uncredited)

23. Yaeko Izumo

    (uncredited)

24. Noriko Honma

    (uncredited)

25. Tateo Kawasaki

    (uncredited)

26. Fumindo Matsuo

    (uncredited)

27. 

    Ren Yamamoto

    (uncredited)

28. 

    Fuminori Ōhashi

    (uncredited)

29. Haruko Toyama

    (uncredited)

30. 

    Hideo Shibuya

    (uncredited)

31. 

    Katsumi Tezuka

    (uncredited)

32. 

    Keiichirō Katsumoto

    (uncredited)

33. Shirō Tsuchiya

    (uncredited)

34. Masao Masuda

    (uncredited)

35. Yu Agetsu

    (uncredited)

36. 

    Senkichi Ōmura

    (uncredited)

37. 

    Shōichi Hirose

    (uncredited)

38. Kenjin Iida

    Jotaro (uncredited)

39. 

    Mitsuko Mito

    Oko (uncredited)

40. 

    Sachio Sakai

    Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)

41. 

    Eijirō Tōno

    Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

42. 

    Kokuten Kōdō

    Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

43. 

    Haruo Nakajima

    (uncredited)

44. Etsuo Saijo

    (uncredited)

45. Daisuke Katō

    Toji Gion

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