"In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains."
Toshirō Mifune
as General Rokurota Makabe
Minoru Chiaki
as Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Matashichi
Misa Uehara
as Princess Yuki
Susumu Fujita
as General Hyoe Tadokoro
Takashi Shimura
as General Izumi Nagakura
Ikio Sawamura
as Gambler (uncredited)
Kōji Mitsui
as Guard (uncredited)
Takeo Oikawa
Yū Fujiki
Yutaka Sada
Haruo Suzuki
as Horseman (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Minoru Itō
Shigekatsu Kanazawa
Shin Ōtomo
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Eiko Miyoshi
as Maid (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Magistrate (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
as Old Man (uncredited)
Etsurō Saijō
as Samurai (uncredited)
Fuminori Ōhashi
Masayoshi Nagashima
Takeshi Katō
Toshiko Higuchi
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Kichijirō Ueda
as Slave Trader (uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita
as Slave Buyer (uncredited)
Yoshibumi Tajima
Akira Tani
as Soldier (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Ichirō Chiba
Makoto Satō
Ryū Kuze
Sachio Sakai
Senkichi Ōmura
Shōichi Hirose
Takuzō Kumagai
Yoshio Kosugi
Rinsaku Ogata
as Young Man (uncredited)
Tadao Nakamaru
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Screenplay
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Kazuo Yamasaki
Director of Photography
Ichirō Inohara
Gaffer
Masahiro Katō
Costume Designer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Hideo Oguni
Ryuzo Kikushima
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Hairstylist
Junjirō Yamada
Yōichi Matsue
Assistant Director
Masaji Nonagase
Yoshimitsu Banno