"In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts."
Toshirō Mifune
as Tetsu
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
as Jakoman
Yuriko Hamada
as Yuki
Izumi Hara
as Taka (as Senko Hara)
Yoshiko Kuga
as Girl at church
Yuriko Hanabusa
as
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Soutaro
Keiichi Shimada
as Genji
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Eitarō Shindō
as Kyubei
Mitsuo Matsumoto
as Daigaku
Yoshio Kosugi
Heiguro Matsumoto
Akira Sera
Akira Tani
Tokuzō Kajino
Original Story
Yoshiharu Bandô
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Junichi Segawa
Cinematography
Tatsuo Kita
Production Design
Senkichi Taniguchi
Director
Masao Fujiyoshi
Sound
Arao Wakatsuki
Lighting Technician
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer