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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa 
 
Writing credits
Akira Kurosawa (written by) &
Shinobu Hashimoto (written by) &
Hideo Oguni (written by)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Toshirô Mifune ... Kikuchiyo
Takashi Shimura ... Kanbê Shimada
Keiko Tsushima ... Shino
Yukiko Shimazaki ... Rikichi's Wife
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Manzô - Father of Shino
Daisuke Katô ... Shichirôji
Isao Kimura ... Katsushirô Okamoto
Minoru Chiaki ... Heihachi Hayashida
Seiji Miyaguchi ... Kyûzô
Yoshio Kosugi ... Mosuke
Bokuzen Hidari ... Yohei
Yoshio Inaba ... Gorobê Katayama
Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Rikichi
Kokuten Kôdô ... Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijirô Tôno ... Kidnapper
Kichijirô Ueda ... Captured Bandit Scout
Jun Tatara ... 1st Coolie
Atsushi Watanabe ... Bun Vendor
Toranosuke Ogawa ... Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata ... Samurai
Sôjin ... Blind Minstrel
Gen Shimizu ... Samurai who kicks farmers
Keiji Sakakida ... Gosaku
Shinpei Takagi ... Bandit Chief
Shin Ôtomo ... Bandit second-in-command
Toshio Takahara ... Samurai with gun
Hiroshi Sugi ... Tea Shop Owner
Miki Hayashi
Sachio Sakai ... 2nd Coolie
Sôkichi Maki ... Strong-looking Samurai
Ichirô Chiba ... Buddhist Priest
Noriko Sengoku ... Wife of Gono Family
Noriko Honma ... Woman Farmer (as Fumiko Honma)
Masanobu Ôkubo ... Samurai
Etsuryo Saijo
Minoru Itô ... Samurai
Haruya Sakamoto ... Samurai
Kyoro Sakurai ... Samurai
Hideo Shibuya
Kiyoshi Kamoda ... Samurai
Senkichi Ômura ... Bandit who escapes
Takashi Narita ... Bandit who escapes
Shôichi Hirose ... Bandit
Kôji Uno ... Bandit
Masaaki Tachibana
Kamayuki Tsubono ... Bandit
Taiji Naka ... Bandit
Shigemi Sunagawa ... Bandit
Akira Tani ... Bandit
Akio Kusama ... Bandit
Ryûtarô Amami ... Bandit
Jun Mikami ... Bandit
Haruo Nakajima ... Bandit
Sanpei Mine ... Farmer
Masahide Matsushita ... Samurai
Kaneo Ikeda ... Samurai
Takuzô Kumagai ... Peasant (as Jirô Kumagai)
Takuzô Kumagaya ... Ginsaku's Son (as Jirô Kumagai)
Ippei Kawagoe ... Farmer
Jirô Suzukawa ... Farmer
Junpei Natsuki ... Farmer
Kyôichi Kamiyama ... Farmer
Haruo Suzuki ... Farmer
Gorô Amano ... Farmer
Hikaru Kitchôji ... Farmer
Kôji Iwamoto ... Farmer
Hiroshi Akitsu ... Gono Husband
Akira Yamada ... Farmer
Kazuo Imai ... Farmer
Eisuke Nakanishi ... Farmer
Toku Ihara ... Farmer
Hideo Ôtsuka ... Farmer
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi ... Farmer in front of Gono
Yasuo Ônishi ... Farmer
Tsuneo Katagiri ... Farmer in front of Gono
Megeru Shimoda ... Farmer
Masayoshi Kawabe ... Farmer
Shigeo Katô ... Farmer
Yoshikazu Kawamata ... Farmer
Takeshi Seki ... 3rd Coolie
Haruko Toyama ... Ginsaku's Daughter-in-law
Tsuruko Mano ... Woman Farmer in front of Gono
Matsue Ono ... Woman Farmer
Tazue Ichimanji ... Woman Farmer (as Tazue Ichimanji)
Masako Ôshiro ... Woman Farmer
Kyôko Ozawa ... Woman Farmer
Michiko Kadono ... Farmer's Wife
Toshiko Nakano ... Farmer's Wife
Shizuko Azuma ... Farmer's Wife
Keiko Mori ... Farmer's Wife
Michiko Kawabe ... Farmer's Wife
Yûko Togawa ... Farmer's Wife
Yayoko Kitano ... Farmer's Wife
Misao Suyama ... Woman Farmer
Toriko Takahara ... Woman Farmer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hideo Oe ... Farmer
Tatsuya Nakadai ... Samurai wandering through town (uncredited)
Ken Utsui ... Samurai wandering throuth town (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto ... Farmer (uncredited)
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Produced by
Sôjirô Motoki .... producer
 
Original Music by
Fumio Hayasaka 
 
Cinematography by
Asakazu Nakai 
 
Film Editing by
Akira Kurosawa 
 
Production Design by
Takashi Matsuyama 
 
Costume Design by
Kôhei Ezaki 
Mieko Yamaguchi 
 
Makeup Department
Midori Nakajo .... hair stylist
Junjiro Yamada .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Hiroshi Nezu .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sakae Hirosawa .... assistant director
Hiromichi Horikawa .... chief assistant director
Toshi Kaneko .... assistant director
Masaya Shimizu .... assistant director
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Kôhei Ezaki .... art consultant
Koichi Hamamura .... property master
Yoshirô Muraki .... assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Ichirô Minawa .... sound effects editor
Masanao Uehara .... sound assistant
Fumio Yanoguchi .... sound recordist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Masao Fukuda .... still photographer
Mitsuo Kaneko .... assistant lighting technician
Shigeru Mori .... lighting technician
Takao Saitô .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Hiroshi Nezu .... editing manager
 
Music Department
Masaru Satô .... assistant to composer
 
Other crew
Shigeru Endo .... instructor: horseback archery
Kôhei Ezaki .... folklore researcher
Yuji Hamada .... accountant
Ienori Kaneko .... archery instructor
Toshio Nakane .... acting office
Teruyo Nogami .... script supervisor
Takeharu Shimada .... production assistant
Yoshio Sugino .... swordplay instructor
 
Crew believed to be complete

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