Le Garde du corps

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa

Nui

山田五十鈴

Orin

Daisuke Katō

Inokichi

河津清三郎

Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

太刀川寛

Yoichiro

夏木陽介

Kohei's Son

Eijirō Tōno

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Kamatari Fujiwara

Tazaemon

Ikio Sawamura

Hansuke

渡辺篤

The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

藤田進

Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

山茶花究

Ushitora