Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Acting
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi
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Reiko Dan
Osugi
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Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka
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Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa
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Terumi Niki
Otoyo
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Akemi Negishi
Okuni
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Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori
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Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji
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Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya
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Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto
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Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam
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Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto
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Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father
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Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi
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Kō Nishimura
Chief retainer
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Nobuo Chiba
Matsudaira
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Kamatari Fujiwara
Rokusuke
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Ken Mitsuda
Genpaku Amano
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Yōko Fujiyama
Chigusa, Masae's sister
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Yōko Naitō
Masae
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Reiko Nanao
Otoku
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Imari Tsuji
Okatsu
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Akiko Nomura
Ofuku
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Sue Mitobe
Otake
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Kin Sugai
Choji's Mother
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Michiko Araki
Brothel owner
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Bokuzen Hidari
Patient A
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Atsushi Watanabe
Patient B
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Yasuzō Ogawa
Businessman
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Yutaka Sada
Resident
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Ikio Sawamura
Resident
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Noriko Honma
Resident
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Miyoko Nakamura
Okoto
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Akiko Kazami
Masae's mother
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Chisato Aoki
Prostitute
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Kyoko Kurisu
Prostitute
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Yukiko Yanagishita
Prostitute
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Toshiko Fukai
Prostitute
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Keiko Tomita
Girl on street
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Shōji Ōki
Thug
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Shōichi Hirose
Thug
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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Thug
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Masanobu Ôkubo
Choji's Father
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Fujio Tokita
Thug
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Yasuo Araki
Thug
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Hiroshi Tanaka
Thug
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Shin Ibuki
Thug
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Kanzō Uni
Thug
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Hiroto Kimura
Thug
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Shu Komoro
Thug
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Ryū Kuze
Thug
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Susumu Ishikawa
(uncredited)
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