Cast
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
Seiji Miyaguchi
Muraji
Yōsuke Natsuki
Zataki
William Morgan Sheppard
Specz
Shin Takuma
Naga
Ai Matsubara
Rako
John J. Carney
Ginsel
Tōru Abe
Hiromatsu
Orson Welles
Narrator
Ian Jentle
Salamon
Stewart MacKenzie
Croocq
Hyōe Enoki
Jirobei
Steve Ubels
Roper
Yuko Kada
Sazuko
Yumiko Morishita
Asa
Masashi Ebara
Suga
Yoshie Kitsuda
Kyoko / Gyoko
Midori Takei
Sono
Rinichi Yamamoto
Yoshinaka
Setsuko Sekine
Genjiko
Crew
Eric Bercovici
Producer
(Production)
James Clavell
Executive Producer
(Production)
James Clavell
Novel
(Writing)
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Joseph R. Jennings
Production Design
(Art)
Tom Pedigo
Set Decoration
(Art)
Shin Nishida
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
Maurice Jarre
Conductor
(Sound)
Andrew Laszlo
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Frank Cardea
Production Executive
(Production)
Ben Chapman
Associate Producer
(Production)