Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
| Tajômaru | Toshirō Mifune |
| Masako | Machiko Kyō |
| Woodcutter | Takashi Shimura |
| Takehiro | Masayuki Mori |
| Priest | Minoru Chiaki |
| Commoner | Kichijirō Ueda |
| Medium | Noriko Honma |
| Policeman | Daisuke Katō |
