"In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier."
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
as Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa
as Anju
Eitarō Shindō
as Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai
as Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake
as Kichiji
Yōko Kozono
as Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa
as Ubatake
Kikue Mōri
as Priestess
Ken Mitsuda
as Prime Minister Fujiwara
Masao Shimizu
as Masauji Taira
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as Ritsushi Kumotake
Akitake Kōno
as Taro
Kanji Koshiba
as Kaikudo Naito
Shinobu Araki
as Sadaya
Masahiko Tsugawa
as Young Zushiō
Keiko Enami
as Young Anju
Teruko Ōmi
as Nakagimi
Kimiko Tachibana
as Namiji
Reiko Kongō
as Shiono
Shōzō Nanbu
as Masasue Taira
Ryōnosuke Azuma
as Landlord
Kazukimi Okuni
as Norimura
Saburo Date
as Kimpei
Sumao Ishihara
as Yakko
Ichirō Amano
as
Midori Komatsu
as Harbour's Lady
Yukio Horikita
as Jiro
Jun Fujikawa
as Kanamaru
Sōji Shibata
as Sado Man
Akira Shimizu
as Slave Trader
Tokio Oki
as Harbour's Man
Akira Shiga
as Farmer #2
Goro Nakanishi
Hachiro Okuni
as Saburo Miyazaki
Akiyoshi Kikuno
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Kanahichi Odera
Original Music Composer
Tamekichi Mochizuki
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Fumio Hayasaka
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor
Shozo Tanaka
Assistant Director of Photography
Mori Ogai
Original Story
Kisaku Ito
Art Direction
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Gaffer
Tokuzō Tanaka
Assistant Director
Akira Naitō
Assistant Art Director
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Shima Yoshizane
Costume Design
Iwao Ōtani
Sound Designer
Fuji Yahiro
Screenplay
Yoshikata Yoda
Hisakazu Tsuji
Production Design