Onder andere met: Takashi Shimura (Kambei Shimada), Toshirô Mifune (Kikuchiyo), Yoshio Inaba (Gorobei Katayama), Seiji Miyaguchi (Kyuzo), Minoru Chiaki (Heihachi Hayashida), Daisuke Katô (Shichiroji), Isao Kimura (Katsushiro Okamoto), Keiko Tsushima (Shino), Yukiko Shimazaki (Rikichi`s Wife), Kamatari Fujiwara (Manzo, father of Shino), Yoshio Kosugi (Mosuke), Bokuzen Hidari (Yohei), Yoshio Tsuchiya (Rikichi), Kokuten Kodo (Gisaku, the Old Man), Jiro Kumagai (Peasant)