Richard Chamberlain
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san

Toshirō Mifune
Lord Yoshi Toranaga

Yoko Shimada
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

John Rhys-Davies
Vasco Rodrigues

Damien Thomas
Father Alvito

Frankie Sakai
Yabu

Yūki Meguro
Omi

Hiromi Senno
Fujiko

Alan Badel
Father Dell'Aqua

Miiko Taka
Kiri

Vladek Sheybal
Captain Ferriera

Nobuo Kaneko
Ishido

Hideo Takamatsu
Lord Buntarō

Michael Hordern
Friar Domingo

George Innes
Johann Vinck

Leon Lissek
Father Sebastio

Takeshi Ōbayashi
Urano

Masumi Okada
Brother Michael

Edward Peel
Pieterzoon

Eric Richard
Maetsukker

Neil McCarthy
Spillbergen

Yōsuke Natsuki
Zataki

William Morgan Sheppard
Specz

Shin Takuma
Naga

Ai Matsubara
Rako

Tōru Abe
Hiromatsu

Orson Welles
Narrator

Hyōe Enoki
Jirobei

Masashi Ebara
Suga

Yoshie Kitsuda
Kyoko / Gyoko

Midori Takei
Sono

Rinichi Yamamoto
Yoshinaka