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| Toshirô Mifune | ... | General Rokurota Makabe | |
| Misa Uehara | ... | Princess Yuki | |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | Tahei | |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Matakishi | |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | The Old General, Izumi Nagakura | |
| Susumu Fujita | ... | General Hyoe Tadokoro | |
| Eiko Miyoshi | ... | Old Lady-in-Waiting | |
| Toshiko Higuchi | ... | Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader | |
| Koji Mitsui | ... | Guard | |
| Shiten Ohashi | ... | Samurai | |
| Kichijiro Ueda | ... | Slave Trader | |
| Ikio Sawamura | ... | Gambler | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tadao Nakamaru | ... | Young Man | |
| Rinsaku Ogata | ... | Second Young Man | |
| Ichirô Chiba | ... | Yamana foot soldier (uncredited) | |
| Yu Fujiki | ... | Barrier guard (uncredited) | |
| Shoichi Hirose | ... | Yamana soldier (uncredited) | |
| Minoru Ito | ... | Samurai on horseback (uncredited) | |
| Shigemasa Kanazawa | ... | Samurai on horseback (uncredited) | |
| Takeshi Katô | ... | Fleeing, bloody samurai (uncredited) | |
| Kokuten Kodo | ... | Old man in front of sign (uncredited) | |
| Yoshio Kosugi | ... | Akisuki soldier (uncredited) | |
| Niyoshi Kumaya | ... | Yamana foot soldier (uncredited) | |
| Ryu Kuze | ... | Akitsuki soldier (uncredited) | |
| Masayoshi Nagashima | ... | Yamana samurai (uncredited) | |
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | Akisuki soldier (uncredited) | |
| Etsuro Nishijo | ... | Yamana samurai (uncredited) | |
| Takeo Obugawa | ... | Guard at pass barrier (uncredited) | |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | ... | Magistrate of the bridge barrier (uncredited) | |
| Senkichi Omura | ... | Soldier (uncredited) | |
| Shin Otomo | ... | Samurai on horseback (uncredited) | |
| Yutaka Sada | ... | Guard at bridge barrier (uncredited) | |
| Sachio Sakai | ... | Captured foot soldier (uncredited) | |
| Haruya Sakamoto | ... | Samurai on horseback (uncredited) | |
| Makoto Satô | ... | Yamada foot soldier (uncredited) | |
| Haruo Suzuki | ... | Samurai on horseback (uncredited) | |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... | Potential slave buyer (uncredited) | |
| Akira Tani | ... | Captured foot soldier (uncredited) | |
| Nakajiro Tomita | ... | Potential slave buyer (uncredited) | |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Samurai on horse (uncredited) | |
| Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi | ... | Samurai on horseback (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Akira Kurosawa | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Shinobu Hashimoto | writer | |
| Ryuzo Kikushima | writer | |
| Akira Kurosawa | writer | |
| Hideo Oguni | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Sanezumi Fujimoto | .... | producer (as Masumi Fujimoto) | |
| Akira Kurosawa | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Masaru Satô | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Kazuo Yamasaki | (as Ichio Yamazeki) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Akira Kurosawa | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Yoshirô Muraki | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Masahiro Katô | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Yoshiko Matsumoto | .... | hair stylist | |
| Junjiro Yamada | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Hiroshi Nezu | .... | production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Yoshimitsu Banno | .... | assistant director (as Yoshimitsu Sakano) | |
| Yoichi Matsue | .... | assistant director | |
| Samaji Nonagase | .... | chief assistant director | |
| Ken Sano | .... | assistant director | |
| Yasuyoshi Tajitsu | .... | assistant director | |
| Masahiro Takase | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Kôhei Ezaki | .... | art supervisor | |
| Koichi Hamamura | .... | property master | |
| Shinko Kato | .... | assistant art director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ichirô Minawa | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Yoshiro Miyamoto | .... | sound assistant | |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | .... | sound mixer | |
| Fumio Yanoguchi | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Sei Arai | .... | assistant lighting technician | |
| Masao Fukuda | .... | still photographer | |
| Ichirô Inohara | .... | lighting technician | |
| Takao Saitô | .... | assistant camera | |
| Daisaku Kimura | .... | assistant camera (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Chozo Kobata | .... | negative cutter | |
Other crew | |||
| Shigeru Endo | .... | horseback riding instructor | |
| Takuyuki Inoue | .... | production assistant | |
| Ienori Kaneko | .... | horseback riding instructor | |
| Yoji Ken | .... | choreographer | |
| Teruyo Nogami | .... | script supervisor | |
| Koichi Noguchi | .... | accountant | |
| Yoshio Sugino | .... | swordplay instructor | |
| Yuichi Yoshitake | .... | acting office | |
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Such a fine film maker can hardly help but make a fine movie like this one. It seemed odd to me only in the fact that the plot seemed so UN-Japan like. The most interesting thinks to look for are the similarities to Sergio Leone films: A man who obviously was greatly influenced by Kurosawa. What Leone may not have known, is that those long shots of unmoving fighting men waiting to make a thrust or cut with a sword is very true to the actual way that Samurai fought. Cowboys on the other hand generally shot from behind trees and rocks. For an interesting comparison, watch "Hidden Fortress" followed by "The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly". It will be be an enlightening experience.