Directed by Akira Kurosawa Writing Credits (in alphabetical order) Shinobu Hashimoto Fumio Hayasaka ... (story) Akira Kurosawa ... (story) Hideo Oguni Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune ... Kiichi Nakajima Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura ... Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada Minoru Chiaki Minoru Chiaki ... Jiro Nakajima Eiko Miyoshi Eiko Miyoshi ... Toyo Nakajima Kyôko Aoyama Kyôko Aoyama ... Sue Nakajima Haruko Tôgô Haruko Tôgô ... Yoshi Nakajima Noriko Sengoku Noriko Sengoku ... Kimie Nakajima Akemi Negishi Akemi Negishi ... Asako Kuribayashi Hiroshi Tachikawa Hiroshi Tachikawa ... Ryoichi Sayama Kichijirô Ueda Kichijirô Ueda ... Mr. Kuribayashi father Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno ... Old man from Brazil Yutaka Sada Yutaka Sada ... Ichiro Nakajima Kamatari Fujiwara Kamatari Fujiwara ... Okamoto Ken Mitsuda Ken Mitsuda ... Judge Araki Masao Shimizu Masao Shimizu ... Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband (as Gen Shimizu) Atsushi Watanabe Atsushi Watanabe ... Factory Worker Ishida Kiyomi Mizunoya Kiyomi Mizunoya ... Satoko Toranosuke Ogawa Toranosuke Ogawa ... Hori, the lawyer Nobuo Nakamura Nobuo Nakamura ... Psychologist Bokuzen Hidari Bokuzen Hidari ... Landowner Saoko Yonemura Saoko Yonemura ... Taeko