In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
General Rokurota Makabe
Toshirō Mifune
Tahei
Minoru Chiaki
Matashichi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Princess Yuki
Misa Uehara
General Hyoe Tadokoro
Susumu Fujita
General Izumi Nagakura
Takashi Shimura
Gambler (uncredited)
Ikio Sawamura
Guard (uncredited)
Kōji Mitsui
Guard (uncredited)
Takeo Oikawa
Guard (uncredited)
Yū Fujiki
Guard (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
Horseman (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Horseman (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
Horseman (uncredited)
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horseman (uncredited)
Minoru Itō
Horseman (uncredited)
Shigekatsu Kanazawa
Horseman (uncredited)
Shin Ōtomo
Horseman (uncredited)
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Maid (uncredited)
Eiko Miyoshi
Magistrate (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa
Old Man (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
Samurai (uncredited)
Etsurō Saijō
Samurai (uncredited)
Fuminori Ōhashi
Samurai (uncredited)
Masayoshi Nagashima
Samurai (uncredited)
Takeshi Katō
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Toshiko Higuchi
Slave Trader (uncredited)
Kichijirō Ueda
Slave Buyer (uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita
Slave Buyer (uncredited)
Yoshibumi Tajima
Soldier (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Soldier (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Soldier (uncredited)
Ichirō Chiba
Soldier (uncredited)
Makoto Satō
Soldier (uncredited)
Ryū Kuze
Soldier (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
Soldier (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
Soldier (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Soldier (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Soldier (uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi
Young Man (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Young Man (uncredited)
Tadao Nakamaru