Editing Seven Samurai (section)

== Cast ==

=== The seven samurai ===
* [[Takashi Shimura]] as {{nihongo|Kambei Shimada|島田勘兵衛|''Shimada Kambei''}}, a war-weary but honorable and strategic [[rōnin]], and the leader of the seven
* [[Yoshio Inaba]] as {{nihongo|Gorōbei Katayama|片山五郎兵衛|''Katayama Gorōbei''}}, a skilled archer, who acts as Kambei's second-in-command and helps create the master-plan for the village's defense
* [[Daisuke Katō]] as {{nihongo|Shichirōji|七郎次}}, Kambei's old friend and former lieutenant
* [[Seiji Miyaguchi]] as {{nihongo|Kyūzō|久蔵}}, a serious, stone-faced and supremely skilled swordsman
* [[Minoru Chiaki]] as {{nihongo|Heihachi Hayashida|林田平八|''Hayashida Heihachi''}}, an amiable though less-skilled fighter, whose charm and wit maintain his comrades' morale in the face of adversity
* [[Isao Kimura]] as {{nihongo|Katsushirō Okamoto|岡本勝四郎|''Okamoto Katsushirō''}}, the untested son of a wealthy, land-owning samurai, whom Kambei reluctantly takes in as a disciple<ref name="documentary">{{cite AV media |people= Toho Masterworks|title= Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create|medium= DVD|language= ja}}</ref>
* [[Toshiro Mifune]] as {{nihongo|Kikuchiyo|菊千代}}, a humorous, mercurial and temperamental rogue who lies about being a samurai, but eventually proves his worth, bravery and resourcefulness

=== Villagers ===
* [[Yoshio Tsuchiya]] as {{nihongo|Rikichi|利吉}}, a hotheaded villager
* [[Bokuzen Hidari]] as {{nihongo|Yohei|与平}}, a timid old man
* [[Yukiko Shimazaki]] as Rikichi's wife
* [[Kamatari Fujiwara]] as {{nihongo|Manzō|万造}}, a farmer who disguises his daughter as a boy to try to protect her from the samurai
* [[Keiko Tsushima]] as {{nihongo|Shino|志乃}}, Manzō's daughter
* [[Kokuten Kōdō]] as {{nihongo|Gisaku|儀作}}, the village patriarch, referred to as "Grandad"
* [[Yoshio Kosugi]] as Mosuke, one of the farmers sent to town to hire the samurai

=== Others ===
* [[Shinpei Takagi (actor, born 1902)|Shinpei Takagi]] as the bandit chief<ref name="Galbraith-2008">{{cite book|last1=Galbraith IV|first1=Stuart|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|date=May 16, 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0810860049|page=101|url={{Google books|f7o8pq6G_dYC|page=PA101|plainurl=yes}}|access-date=July 7, 2015}}</ref>
* {{ill|Shin Otomo|ja|大友伸}} as the bandit second-in-command
* [[Haruo Nakajima]] as a bandit scout killed by Kyūzō<ref name="Galbraith-2008"/>
* [[Eijirō Tōno]] as a thief<ref name="Galbraith-2008"/>
* [[Atsushi Watanabe (actor, born 1898)|Atsushi Watanabe]] as a bun seller
* [[Toshio Takahara]] as Samurai with a gun
* {{ill|Jun Tatara|fr|Jun Tatara|ja|多々良純}} as a [[coolie]]
* [[Sachio Sakai]] as a coolie
* Takeshi Seki as a coolie
* [[Tatsuya Nakadai]] (uncredited) as a samurai wandering through town