"Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king."
Toshirō Mifune
as Osami
Tatsuya Mihashi
as The King
Makoto Satō
as Gorjaka
Tadao Nakamaru
as Ensai
Mie Hama
as Innkeeper's daughter
Akiko Wakabayashi
as Spuria, Chamberlain's daughter
Yumi Shirakawa
as Queen Izato
Akihiko Hirata
as Chamberlain
Masashi Taiki
as Sundara
Jun Tazaki
as Innkeeper
Ichirō Arishima
as Hermit the Old Wizard
Minoru Takada
as Old King in Kotan
Sachio Sakai
as Guide
Susumu Kurobe
as Military Leader
Shigeki Ishida
as Pastor Chief
Hideyo Amamoto
as Granny the Old Witch
Hiroshi Hasegawa
as Chief Guard
Shante Zaberi
as Priest A
E.M. Aziz
as Priest B
Ren Yamamoto
as Guard
Ikio Sawamura
as Auctioneer
Hiroko Sakurai
as Handmaiden
Senkichi Taniguchi
Director
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Yoshio Nishikawa
Sound
Kazuo Yamada
Director of Photography
Osamu Dazai
Original Story
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Hiroshi Ueda
Production Design