Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.
Gonzo
Toshirō Mifune
Tomi
Shima Iwashita
Ichinose Hanzo
Etsushi Takahashi
Sanji
Minori Terada
Oharu
Nobuko Otowa
Ume
Yūko Mochizuki
Oyou
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Osode
Kawai Okada
Staff Chief Aragaki
Shigeru Kōyama
Dr. Gensai
Hideyo Amamoto
Komatora
Tokue Hanazawa
Secretary Sokichi
Shin Kishida
Amegaeru
Hideo Sunazuka
Gohei
Bokuzen Hidari
White Hair
Gorō Mutsumi
Ippei Kawashima
Yūnosuke Itō
Innkeeper
Daigo Kusano
Kisoya Kahei
Nakajirō Tomita
Clerk of the court
Fujio Tokita
Jinbee of stables
Jun Hamamura
Peasant Kesaji
Sachio Sakai
Peasant
Ren Yamamoto
Roku the Hunter
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Whore
Mika Kitagawa
Sozo Sagara
Takahiro Tamura
Peasant
Yutaka Nakayama
Spy
Takeo Chii