Filmmakers
Above the lineAK
Director
Akira Kurosawa
AK
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
HO
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
MI
Screenplay
Masato Ide
AN
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
TS
Cinematography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
SU
Cinematography
Shoji Ueda
Director of Photography
AK
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
TT
Music
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
SM
Production Design
Shinobu Muraki
YM
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
EW
Costume Design
Emi Wada
Cast
31TN
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
AT
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
JN
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
DR
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
MH
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
YM
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
MN
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
HI
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
SI
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
MY
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
KK
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
NM
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
TI
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
HS
Heihachiro Suzuki
Fujimaki's General
KK
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
HT
Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting
RN
Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine
TK
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
SK
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine
KO
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
TK
Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama
JT
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
HU
Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
TZ
Takao Zushi
YZ
Yoshitaka Zushi
TY
Tetsuo Yamashita
AS
Akihiko Sugizaki
MS
Masaaki Sasaki
SF
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)
ST
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)
TM
Tokuju Masuda
Departments
71Production
- Takeo SugaAccountant
- Hisao KurosawaAssociate Producer
- Katsumi FurukawaExecutive Producer
- Masato HaraProducer
- Serge SilbermanProducer
- Masahiko KumadaProduction Assistant
- Ko NauriProduction Assistant
- Hisao KurosawaProduction Coordinator
- Satoru IsekiProduction Manager
- Teruyo NogamiProduction Manager
- Ulrich PicardProduction Manager
- Takashi ŌhashiProduction Manager
- Seikichi IizumiProduction Manager
- Masayuki MotomochiUnit Production Manager
- Tsutomu SakuraiUnit Production Manager
Camera
- Takeo SugaAssistant Camera
- Noburu AsonoAssistant Camera
- Hidehiro IgarashiAssistant Camera
- Nobuyuki KitôAssistant Camera
- Kosuke MatsushimaAssistant Camera
- Masakazu OkaAssistant Camera
- Yoshinori SekiguchiAssistant Camera
- Suzuki MamoruAssistant Camera
- Shigeo SuzukiAssistant Camera
- Daizaburo HaradaStill Photographer
Sound
- Hiroyuki IwakiConductor
- Claude VillandProduction Sound Mixer
- Takayuki GotoSound Assistant
- Sôichi InoueSound Assistant
- Takenori MisawaSound Assistant
- Hideo TakeichiSound Assistant
- Jean-Marc LentretienSound mixer
- Fumio YanoguchiSound Recordist
- Shotaro YoshidaSound Recordist
Art
- Jiro HiraiSet Decoration
- Mitsuyuki KimuraSet Decoration
- Yasuyoshi OtotakeSet Decoration
- Tsuneo ShimuraSet Decoration
- Osumi ToushoSet Decoration
- Akira KurosawaStoryboard Artist
Costume & Make-Up
- Yoshiko MatsumotoHairstylist
- Noriko SatoHairstylist
- Shohichiro MedaMakeup Artist
- Chihako NaitoMakeup Artist
- Noriko TakamizawaMakeup Artist
- Tameyuki AimiMakeup Artist
- Shoshichiro UedaMakeup Artist
- Akira FukudaWardrobe Assistant
- Kazuko NumataWardrobe Assistant
- Noriko TaguchiWardrobe Assistant
Editing
- Hideto AgaAssistant Editor
- Hajime IshiharaAssistant Editor
- Ryûsuke ÔtsuboAssistant Editor
Lighting
- Makoto SanoElectrician
- Koji ChoyaElectrician
- Yoshio IyamaElectrician
- Koichi KamataElectrician
- Mutsuo KomineElectrician
- Yuichi OyamaElectrician
- Tetsuo SawadaElectrician
- Shintaro TazakiElectrician
- Takeji SanoGaffer
Crew
- Serge SilbermanPresenter
- Katsumi FurukawaPresenter
- Anne BravTranslator
Writing
- William ShakespeareTheatre Play
Directing
- Bernard CohnAssistant Director
- Ishirō HondaAssistant Director
- Takashi KoizumiAssistant Director
- Okihiro YonedaAssistant Director
- Ichiro YamamotoAssistant Director