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.
Toshirō Mifune
Gonzo
Shima Iwashita
Tomi
Etsushi Takahashi
Ichinose Hanzo
Minori Terada
Sanji
Nobuko Otowa
Oharu
Yūko Mochizuki
Ume
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Oyou
Kawai Okada
Osode
Shigeru Kōyama
Staff Chief Aragaki
Hideyo Amamoto
Dr. Gensai
Tokue Hanazawa
Komatora
Shin Kishida
Secretary Sokichi
Hideo Sunazuka
Amegaeru
Bokuzen Hidari
Gohei
Gorō Mutsumi
White Hair
Ippei Kawashima
Yūnosuke Itō
Daigo Kusano
Innkeeper
Nakajirō Tomita
Kisoya Kahei
Fujio Tokita
Clerk of the court
Jun Hamamura
Jinbee of stables
Sachio Sakai
Peasant Kesaji
Ren Yamamoto
Peasant
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Roku the Hunter
Mika Kitagawa
Whore
Takahiro Tamura
Sozo Sagara
Yutaka Nakayama
Takeo Chii
Spy
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Screenplay
Sakae Hirosawa
Masamichi Ichikawa
Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Ueda
Art Direction
Shigeo Kobayashi
Makeup Artist
Yoshio Nishikawa
Producer
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
