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| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Kingo Gondo | |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Chief Detective Tokura | |
| Kyôko Kagawa | ... | Reiko Gondo | |
| Tatsuya Mihashi | ... | Kawanishi - Gondo's Secretary | |
| Isao Kimura | ... | Detective Arai | |
| Kenjiro Ishiyama | ... | Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi (as Kenjirô Ishiyama) | |
| Takeshi Katô | ... | Detective Nakao | |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Chief of Investigation Section | |
| Jun Tazaki | ... | Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director | |
| Nobuo Nakamura | ... | Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director | |
| Yûnosuke Itô | ... | Baba - National Shoes Executive | |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern | |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | First Reporter | |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Factory Worker | |
| Masao Shimizu | ... | Prison Warden | |
| Yutaka Sada | ... | Aoki - the Chauffeur | |
| Masahiko Shimazu | ... | Shinichi Aoki | |
| Toshio Egi | ... | Jun Gondo | |
| Koji Mitsui | ... | Second Reporter | |
| Kyu Sazanka | ... | First Creditor (as Kyû Sazanka) | |
| Susumu Fujita | ... | Chief of First Investigating Section | |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Junkyard Cook | |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Detective Murata | |
| Kazuo Kitamura | ... | Third Reporter | |
| Gen Shimizu | ... | Chief Physician | |
| Akira Nagoya | ... | Detective Yamamoto | |
| Jun Hamamura | ... | Second Creditor | |
| Masao Oda | ... | First Executor at Tax Office (as Masao Orita) | |
| Kô Nishimura | ... | Third Creditor | |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... | Chief Prison Officer | |
| Koji Kiyomura | ... | Fish Market Office Worker (as Kôji Kiyomura) | |
| Hiroshi Unayama | ... | Detective Shimada | |
| Yoshisuke Makino | ... | Detective Takahashi | |
| Jun Kondo | ... | Identification Center Worker (as Jun Kondô) | |
| Satoshi Suzuki | ... | Detective Koike | |
| Senkichi Omura | ... | Messenger Passing Note to Intern (as Senkichi Ômura) | |
| Kazuo Kato | ... | Identification Center Worker (as Kazuo Katô) | |
| Ikio Sawamura | ... | Yokohama Station Trolley Man | |
| Kin Sugai | ... | Female Drug Addict | |
| Keiko Tomita | ... | Murder Victim | |
| Isao Onoda | ... | Male Drug Addict | |
| Seiichi Taguchi | ... | Detective Nakamura | |
| Takeo Matsushita | ... | Second Executor at Tax Office | |
| Kiyoshi Yamamoto | ... | Detective Ueno | |
| Kenji Kodama | ... | Detective Hara | |
| Minoru Ito | ... | Detective (as Minoru Itô) | |
| Haruo Suzuki | ... | Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict' | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kôzô Nomura | ... | Detective (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Akira Kurosawa | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Hideo Oguni | (screenplay) & | |
| Ryuzo Kikushima | (screenplay) (as Ryûzô Kikushima) & | |
| Eijirô Hisaita | (screenplay) & | |
| Akira Kurosawa | (screenplay) | |
| Evan Hunter | (novel "Kingu no minoshirokin") (as Edo Makubein) | |
Produced by | |||
| Ryuzo Kikushima | .... | producer | |
| Akira Kurosawa | .... | associate producer | |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Masaru Satô | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Asakazu Nakai | |||
| Takao Saitô | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Yoshirô Muraki | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Miyuki Suzuki | |||
Production Management | |||
| Hiroshi Nezu | .... | production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Masanobu Deme | .... | assistant director | |
| Yoichi Matsue | .... | assistant director | |
| Shirô Moritani | .... | chief assistant director | |
| Kenjiro Omori | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Jun Sakuma | .... | assistant art director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ichirô Minawa | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Jin Sashida | .... | sound assistant | |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | .... | sound mixer | |
| Fumio Yanoguchi | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Fukahirô Akike | .... | assistant lighting technician | |
| Masao Fukuda | .... | still photographer | |
| Kazutami Hara | .... | assistant camera | |
| Ichirô Inohara | .... | lighting technician | |
| Hiromitsu Mori | .... | lighting technician | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Reiko Kaneko | .... | assistant editor | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Ginzo Osumi | .... | transportation coordinator | |
Other crew | |||
| Shigeru Kishima | .... | production assistant | |
| Teruyo Nogami | .... | script supervisor | |
| Yuichi Yoshitake | .... | acting office | |
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This movie was incredible!! They called it Film Noir but, my God, it's so much better than THAT-- This film out-Hitchcocks Hitchcock! And I'm a Hitchcock devotee. The issues Kurosawa wrestles with in this, and his other films; the ethic responsibility we have as humans, humanity vs. greed, crime and punishment are universally understood. Nothing he presents in black and white(except literally in the film stock)-- but every shade of grey is reflected on. The story unfolds slowly but contains many twists and turns as the viewer questions the motives of each character. It's not just the force of good against evil--but a question of what is morally right and morally wrong. The title itself clues the viewer in to the ambiguities of class, greed, and moral ethic.