Kinnosuke Nakamura

as Yagyu Tajima

Sonny Chiba

as Jûbê Yagyû

Hiroki Matsukata

as Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince)

Teruhiko Saigō

as Tadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince)

Reiko Ōhara

as Okuni (Singer)

Yoshio Harada

as Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player)

Isao Natsuyagi

as Shozaemon Bekki

Mikio Narita

as Ayamaro Karasumasu

Toshirō Mifune

as Yoshinao Tokugawa

Hiroyuki Sanada

as Hayate

Etsuko Shihomi

as Yagyu Akane

Kentaro Kudo

as Yagyu Matajuro

Jirô Chiba

as Yagyu Samon

Hideo Murota

as Sagenta Nogero

Mayumi Asano

as Mon

Ichirō Nakatani

as Gyobu Amano

Tetsuro Tamba

as Ogasawara Gensinsai

Etsushi Takahashi

as Matsudaira Izu

Sanae Nakahara

as Lady Kusaga

Nobuo Kaneko

Shinsuke Ashida

as Chamberlain Doi

Isuzu Yamada

as Oeyo

Seizō Fukumoto

as Yukinojo Gensinsai

Nenji Kobayashi

as Scarred Ronin

Harumi Sone

as Ronin

Sen Yano