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

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Galley Captain

Akira Sera

Old Gardener

Atsuko Sano

Lady Ochiba

Masumi Okada

Brother Michael

Edward Peel

Pieterzoon

Eric Richard

Maetsukker

Neil McCarthy

Spillbergen