Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi
Reiko Dan
Osugi
Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka
Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa
Terumi Niki
Otoyo
Akemi Negishi
Okuni
Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori
Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji
Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya
Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto
Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam
Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto
Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father
Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi
Kō Nishimura
Chief retainer
Nobuo Chiba
Matsudaira
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rokusuke
Ken Mitsuda
Genpaku Amano
Yōko Fujiyama
Chigusa, Masae's sister
Yōko Naitō
Masae
Reiko Nanao
Otoku
Imari Tsuji
Okatsu
Akiko Nomura
Ofuku
Sue Mitobe
Otake
Kin Sugai
Choji's Mother
Michiko Araki
Brothel owner
Bokuzen Hidari
Patient A
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient B
Yasuzō Ogawa
Businessman
Yutaka Sada
Resident
Ikio Sawamura
Resident
Noriko Honma
Resident
Miyoko Nakamura
Okoto
Akiko Kazami
Masae's mother
Chisato Aoki
Prostitute
Kyoko Kurisu
Prostitute
Yukiko Yanagishita
Prostitute
Toshiko Fukai
Prostitute
Keiko Tomita
Girl on street
Shōji Ōki
Thug
Shōichi Hirose
Thug
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Thug
Masanobu Ōkubo
Choji's Father
Fujio Tokita
Thug
Yasuo Araki
Thug
Hiroshi Tanaka
Thug
Shin Ibuki
Thug
Kanzō Uni
Thug
Hiroto Kimura
Thug
Shu Komoro
Thug
Ryū Kuze
Thug
Susumu Ishikawa
(uncredited)