| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Michiko Matsuda | Crew | Writing | Book |
Nobuyuki Tohya | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Steven Okazaki | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer, Producer, Editor |
Toshiaki Nakazawa | Crew | Production | Producer |
Eric Lin | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Rikiya Mifune | Crew | Production | Consulting Producer |
Takeshi Hoshino | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Yukie Kito | Crew | Production | Producer |
Guy Mossman | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Tarō Gotō | Crew | Production | Producer |
Tōichirō Shiraishi | Crew | Production | Producer |
Greg Knowles | Crew | Editing | Assistant Editor, Post Production Coordinator |
Isao Kawauchi | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Kensuke Zushi | Crew | Production | Producer |
Jeffrey Wood | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Tohru Hina | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Yasuyuki Ishikawa | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Ayano Iwane | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist, Hairstylist |
Mitsumasa Sawada | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist, Hairstylist |
Stuart Galbraith IV | Crew | Writing | Writer |
Daniel Olmsted | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor, Sound Mixer |
Kyle Porter | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Brandon Rein | Crew | Editing | Archival Footage Research |
Tsuyoshi Abo | Crew | Sound | Sound |
Mark Gorney | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Allison Nakamura | Crew | Production | Researcher |
Akiko Tsushima | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist, Makeup Artist |
Katsuhiro Hidachi | Crew | Lighting | Gaffer |
 Haruo Nakajima | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
 Emperor Hirohito of Japan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Hisao Kurosawa | Cast | Self - Kurosawa's Eldest Son | |
 Kaoru Yachigusa | Cast | Actress | Self - Actress |
 Keanu Reeves | Cast | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) |
 Kyōko Kagawa | Cast | Actress | Self - Actress |
 Koji Yakusho | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
 Martin Scorsese | Cast | Actor | Self - Filmmaker |
 Sadao Nakajima | Cast | Actor | Self - Filmmaker |
 Shirō Mifune | Cast | Actor | Self - Mifune's Eldest Son |
 Steven Spielberg | Cast | Actor | Self - Filmmaker |
 Takeshi Katō | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
 Teruyo Nogami | Cast | Actress | Self - Script Supervisor |
 Toshirō Mifune | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) |
 Yoshio Tsuchiya | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
 Yōko Tsukasa | Cast | Actress | Self - Actress |
 Yōsuke Natsuki | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor |
Kanzō Uni | Cast | Actor | Self - Sword Fighting Choreographer |
Tadao Sato | Cast | Self - Film Historian | |
 Terumi Niki | Cast | Actress | Self - Actress |
Wataru Akashi | Cast | Self - Publicist | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
