Toshirō Mifune

Character: Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Character: Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa

Character: Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi

Character: Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura

Character: Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Character: Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

Character: Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

Character: Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki

Character: Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

Character: Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō

Character: Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Character: Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru Chiaki

Character: First Reporter

Eijirō Tōno

Character: Factory Worker

Masao Shimizu

Character: Prison Warden

Yutaka Sada

Character: Aoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko Shimazu

Character: Shinichi Aoki

Toshio Egi

Character: Jun Gondo

Kōji Mitsui

Character: Second Reporter

Kyū Sazanka

Character: First Creditor

Susumu Fujita

Character: Chief of First Investigating Section

Kamatari Fujiwara

Character: Junkyard Cook

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Character: Detective Murata

Kazuo Kitamura

Character: Third Reporter

Gen Shimizu

Character: Chief Physician

Akira Nagoya

Character: Detective Yamamoto

Jun Hamamura

Character: Second Creditor

Masao Oda

Character: First Executor at Tax Office

Kō Nishimura

Character: Third Creditor

Yoshibumi Tajima

Character: Chief Prison Officer

Koji Kiyomura

Character: Fish Market Office Worker

Hiroshi Unayama

Character: Detective Shimada

Yoshisuke Makino

Character: Detective Takahashi

Jun Kondô

Character: Identification Center Worker

Tomo Suzuki

Character: Detective Koike

Senkichi Ōmura

Character: Messenger Passing Note to Intern

Kazuo Katō

Character: Identification Center Worker

Ikio Sawamura

Character: Yokohama Station Trolley Man

Kin Sugai

Character: Female Drug Addict

Keiko Tomita

Character: Murder Victim

Isao Onoda

Character: Male Drug Addict

Seiichi Taguchi

Character: Detective Nakamura

Takeo Matsushita

Character: Second Executor at Tax Office

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Character: Detective Ueno

Kenji Kodama

Character: Detective Hara

Minoru Itō

Character: Detective

Haruo Suzuki

Character: Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

Kōzō Nomura

Character: Detective (uncredited)