"An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan."
Richard Chamberlain
as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Toshirō Mifune
as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Yoko Shimada
as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
John Rhys-Davies
as Vasco Rodrigues
Damien Thomas
as Father Alvito
Frankie Sakai
as Yabu
Yūki Meguro
as Omi
Hiromi Senno
as Fujiko
Alan Badel
as Father Dell'Aqua
Miiko Taka
as Kiri
Vladek Sheybal
as Captain Ferriera
Nobuo Kaneko
as Ishido
Hideo Takamatsu
as Lord Buntarō
Michael Hordern
as Friar Domingo
George Innes
as Johann Vinck
Leon Lissek
as Father Sebastio
Takeshi Ōbayashi
as Urano
Hiroshi Hasegawa
as Galley Captain
Akira Sera
as Old Gardener
Atsuko Sano
as Lady Ochiba
Masumi Okada
as Brother Michael
Edward Peel
as Pieterzoon
Eric Richard
as Maetsukker
Neil McCarthy
as Spillbergen
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Muraji
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Zataki
William Morgan Sheppard
as Specz
Shin Takuma
as Naga
Ai Matsubara
as Rako
John J. Carney
as Ginsel
Tōru Abe
as Hiromatsu
Orson Welles
as Narrator
Ian Jentle
as Salamon
Stewart MacKenzie
as Croocq
Hyōe Enoki
as Jirobei
Steve Ubels
as Roper
Yuko Kada
as Sazuko
Yumiko Morishita
as Asa
Masashi Ebara
as Suga
Yoshie Kitsuda
as Kyoko / Gyoko
Midori Takei
as Sono
Rinichi Yamamoto
as Yoshinaka
Setsuko Sekine
as Genjiko
Eric Bercovici
Producer
James Clavell
Executive Producer
Novel
Joseph R. Jennings
Production Design
Tom Pedigo
Set Decoration
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Shin Nishida
Costume Design
Frank Cardea
Production Executive
Conductor
Andrew Laszlo
Director of Photography
Ben Chapman
Associate Producer
