Characters played by Richard Chamberlain
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne
Characters played by Toshirô Mifune
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Characters played by Yôko Shimada
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Characters played by Furankî Sakai
Lord Yabu
Characters played by Alan Badel
Father Dell'Aqua
Characters played by Damien Thomas
Father Alvito
Characters played by Michael Hordern
Friar Domingo
Characters played by Vladek Sheybal
Captain Ferriera
Characters played by Yûki Meguro
Omi
Characters played by Noburo Kaneko
Lord Ishido
Characters played by George Innes
Vinck
Characters played by Leon Lissek
Father Sebastio
Characters played by Tôru Abe
Hiromatsu
Characters played by Anne Bancroft
Narrator
Characters played by John J. Carney
Ginsel
Characters played by Masashi Ebara
Suga
Characters played by Hyôe Enoki
Jirobei
Characters played by Hiroshi Hasegawa
Galley Captain
Characters played by Stephen K. Hayes
Ninja
Characters played by Ian Jentle
Salamon
Characters played by Yûko Kada
Sazuko
Characters played by Mika Kitagawa
Kiku
Characters played by Yoshie Kitsuda
Gyoko
Characters played by Stewart MacKenzie
Croocq
Characters played by Ai Matsubara
Rako
Characters played by Neil McCarthy
Spillbergen
Characters played by Seiji Miyaguchi
Muraji
Characters played by Yumiko Morishita
Asa
Characters played by Yôsuke Natsuki
Zataki
Characters played by Masumi Okada
Brother Michael
Characters played by Edward Peel
Pieterzoon
Characters played by John Rhys-Davies
Vasco Rodrigues
Characters played by Eric Richard
Maetsukker
Characters played by Atsuko Sano
Lady Ochiba
Characters played by Setsuko Sekine
Genjiko
Characters played by Hiromi Senno
Fujiko
Characters played by Akira Sera
Old Gardener
Characters played by William Morgan Sheppard
Specz
Characters played by Miiko Taka
Kiri
Characters played by Hideo Takamatsu
Buntaro
Characters played by Midori Takei
Sono
Characters played by Shin Takuma
Naga
Characters played by Steve Ubels
Roper
Characters played by Orson Welles
Narrator
Characters played by Rin'ichi Yamamoto
Yoshinaka
Characters played by Takeshi Ôbayashi
Urano