Filmmakers
Above the lineAK
Director
Akira Kurosawa
AK
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
HO
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
MI
Screenplay
Masato Ide
RK
Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima
AN
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
TS
Cinematography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
AK
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
MS
Music
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
YM
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
YS
Costume Design
Yoshiko Samejima
Cast
56TM
Toshirō Mifune
Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
YK
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
TY
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sahachi
RD
Reiko Dan
Osugi
MK
Miyuki Kuwano
Onaka
KK
Kyōko Kagawa
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
TE
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Genzô Tsugawa
TN
Terumi Niki
Otoyo
AN
Akemi Negishi
Okuni
YZ
Yoshitaka Zushi
Chobo
YT
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Handayû Mori
ET
Eijirō Tōno
Goheiji
TS
Takashi Shimura
Tokubei Izumiya
CR
Chishū Ryū
Mr. Yasumoto
HS
Haruko Sugimura
Kin, the madam
KT
Kinuyo Tanaka
Madame Yasumoto
EY
Eijirō Yanagi
Madwoman's father
KM
Kōji Mitsui
Heikichi
KN
Kō Nishimura
Chief retainer
NC
Nobuo Chiba
Matsudaira
KF
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rokusuke
KM
Ken Mitsuda
Genpaku Amano
YF
Yōko Fujiyama
Chigusa, Masae's sister
YN
Yōko Naitō
Masae
RN
Reiko Nanao
Otoku
IT
Imari Tsuji
Okatsu
AN
Akiko Nomura
Ofuku
SM
Sue Mitobe
Otake
KS
Kin Sugai
Choji's Mother
MA
Michiko Araki
Brothel owner
BH
Bokuzen Hidari
Patient A
AW
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient B
YO
Yasuzō Ogawa
Businessman
YS
Yutaka Sada
Resident
IS
Ikio Sawamura
Resident
NH
Noriko Honma
Resident
MN
Miyoko Nakamura
Okoto
AK
Akiko Kazami
Masae's mother
CA
Chisato Aoki
Prostitute
KK
Kyoko Kurisu
Prostitute
YY
Yukiko Yanagishita
Prostitute
TF
Toshiko Fukai
Prostitute
KT
Keiko Tomita
Girl on street
SK
Shōji Ōki
Thug
SH
Shōichi Hirose
Thug
HY
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Thug
MK
Masanobu Ōkubo
Choji's Father
FT
Fujio Tokita
Thug
YA
Yasuo Araki
Thug
HT
Hiroshi Tanaka
Thug
SI
Shin Ibuki
Thug
KU
Kanzō Uni
Thug
HK
Hiroto Kimura
Thug
SK
Shu Komoro
Thug
RK
Ryū Kuze
Thug
SI
Susumu Ishikawa
(uncredited)
Departments
14Production
- Ryuzo KikushimaProducer
- Tomoyuki TanakaProducer
Sound
- Ichirô MinawaSound Effects Editor
- Hisashi ShimonagaSound mixer
Editing
- Reiko KanekoAssistant Editor
Lighting
- Hiromitsu MoriLighting Technician
Crew
- Akio NojimaProperty Master
- Shin WataraiSound Recordist
Writing
- Shūgorō YamamotoNovel
Directing
- Yōichi MatsueAssistant Director
- Masanobu DemeAssistant Director
- Shirō MoritaniAssistant Director
- Kenjirô OhmoriAssistant Director
- Teruyo NogamiScript Supervisor