Akira Kurosawa

Self

Sam Shepard

Narrator (voice)

Paul Scofield

Kurosawa (voice)

James Coburn

Self

Clint Eastwood

Self

Shinobu Hashimoto

Self

Hiromichi Horikawa

Self

Kon Ichikawa

Self

Machiko Kyō

Self

George Lucas

Self (archive footage)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Self

Teruyo Nogami

Self

Donald Richie

Self

Steven Spielberg

Self (archive footage)

Isuzu Yamada

Self

Toshirō Mifune

Self (archive footage)