Toshirō Mifune

as Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa

as Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura

as Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama

as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

as Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

as Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki

as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō

as Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru Chiaki

as First Reporter

Eijirō Tōno

as Factory Worker

Masao Shimizu

as Prison Warden

Yutaka Sada

as Aoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko Shimazu

as Shinichi Aoki

Toshio Egi

as Jun Gondo

Kōji Mitsui

as Second Reporter

Kyū Sazanka

as First Creditor

Susumu Fujita

as Chief of First Investigating Section

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Junkyard Cook

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Detective Murata

Kazuo Kitamura

as Third Reporter

Gen Shimizu

as Chief Physician

Akira Nagoya

as Detective Yamamoto

Jun Hamamura

as Second Creditor

Masao Oda

as First Executor at Tax Office

Kō Nishimura

as Third Creditor

Yoshibumi Tajima

as Chief Prison Officer

Koji Kiyomura

as Fish Market Office Worker

Hiroshi Unayama

as Detective Shimada

Yoshisuke Makino

as Detective Takahashi

Jun Kondô

as Identification Center Worker

Tomo Suzuki

as Detective Koike

Senkichi Ōmura

as Messenger Passing Note to Intern

Kazuo Katō

as Identification Center Worker

Ikio Sawamura

as Yokohama Station Trolley Man

Kin Sugai

as Female Drug Addict

Keiko Tomita

as Murder Victim

Isao Onoda

as Male Drug Addict

Seiichi Taguchi

as Detective Nakamura

Takeo Matsushita

as Second Executor at Tax Office

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

as Detective Ueno

Kenji Kodama

as Detective Hara

Minoru Itō

as Detective

Haruo Suzuki

as Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

Kōzō Nomura

as Detective (uncredited)