Richard ChamberlainPilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Toshirō MifuneLord Yoshi Toranaga
Yoko ShimadaLady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
John Rhys-DaviesVasco Rodrigues
Alan BadelFather Dell'Aqua
Frankie SakaiYabu
Vladek SheybalCaptain Ferriera
Yûki MeguroOmi
Michael HordernFriar Domingo
George InnesJohann Vinck
Damien ThomasFather Alvito
Hideo TakamatsuLord Buntarō
Hiromi SennoFujiko
Leon LissekFather Sebastio
Nobuo KanekoIshido
Takeshi ŌbayashiUrano
Hiroshi HasegawaGalley Captain
Akira SeraOld Gardener
Atsuko SanoLady Ochiba
Miiko TakaKiri
Masumi OkadaBrother Michael
Edward PeelPieterzoon
Eric RichardMaetsukker
Neil McCarthySpillbergen
Seiji MiyaguchiMuraji
Yōsuke NatsukiZataki
William Morgan SheppardSpecz
Shin TakumaNaga
Ai MatsubaraRako
John J. CarneyGinsel
Tōru AbeHiromatsu
Orson WellesNarrator
Anne BancroftNarrator