 | Martin Balsam als Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
 | Sō Yamamura als Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
 | Joseph Cotten als Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War |
 | Tatsuya Mihashi als Commander Minoru Genda |
 | E.G. Marshall als Lt. Colonel Rufus S. Bratton |
 | James Whitmore als Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr. |
 | Takahiro Tamura als Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida |
 | Eijirō Tōno als Admiral Chuici Nagumo |
 | Jason Robards als Lt. General Walter C. Short |
 | Wesley Addy als Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer |
 | Shōgo Shimada als Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura |
 | Frank Aletter als Lt. Commander Francis J. Thomas - USS Nevada |
 | Koreya Senda als Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoye |
 | Leon Ames als Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox |
 | Jun Usami als Admiral Zengo Yoshida |
 | Richard Anderson als Captain John B. Earle |
 | Kazuo Kitamura als Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka |
 | Keith Andes als General George C. Marshall |
 | Susumu Fujita als Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi |
 | Edward Andrews als Admiral Harold R. Stark |
 | Bontarō Miake als Adm. Koshiro Oikawa |
 | Neville Brand als Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky |
 | Ichirō Ryūzaki als Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka |
 | Leora Dana als Mrs. Kramer |
 | Asao Uchida als General Hideki Tojo |
 | George Macready als Cordell Hull |
 | Norman Alden als Major Truman Landon |
 | Kazuko Ichikawa als Geisha in Kagoshima |
 | Walter Brooke als Captain Theodore Wilkinson |
 | Hank Jones als Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane |
 | Rick Cooper als Lieutenant George Welch |
 | Karl Lukas als Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California |
 | June Dayton als Miss Ray Cave |
 | Ron Masak als Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada |
 | Jeff Donnell als Cornelia |
| Shunichi Nakamura als Kameto Kurojima |
 | Richard Erdman als Colonel Edward F. French |
 | Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi als Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara |
| Jerry Fogel als Lt. Commander William Outerbridge |
 | Carl Reindel als Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor |
| Elven Havard als Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller |
 | Edmon Ryan als Rear Admiral Bellinger |
| Toshio Hosokawa als Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata |
 | Hisao Toake als Saburo Kurusu |
| Tōru Abe als Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited) |
 | Hiroshi Akutagawa als Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (uncredited) |
| Leon Alton als Official (uncredited) |
 | Kiyoshi Atsumi als Cook #1 (uncredited) |
 | Paul Bradley als Official (uncredited) |
 | Harold Conway als Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited) |
 | Francis De Sales als Capt. Arthur H. McCollum (uncredited) |
| George DeNormand als Official (uncredited) |
| Glenn Dixon als Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited) |
| Dave Donnelly als Maj. Gordon A. Blake (uncredited) |
 | James B. Douglas als French's Subordinate (uncredited) |
 | Bill Edwards als Col. Kendall J. Fielder (uncredited) |
 | Paul Frees als Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited) |
| Bobby Gilbert als Official (uncredited) |
| Charles Gilbert als Lt. Col. William H. Murphy (uncredited) |
 | Torahiko Hamada als Admiral (uncredited) |
| Ed Haskett als Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited) |
 | Ryōji Hayama als Admiral (uncredited) |
| Andrew Hughes als Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited) |
 | Hisashi Igawa als Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited) |
| Alex Johnson als Army Officer (uncredited) |
 | Robert Karnes als Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited) |
 | Kenner G. Kemp als Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited) |
 | Berry Kroeger als U.S. Army General (uncredited) |
| Akira Kume als Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited) |
| Joseph La Cava als Official (uncredited) |
 | Ken Lynch als Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited) |
| Eitarō Matsuyama als Cook #2 (uncredited) |
| Mitch Mitchell als Col. Walter C. Phillips (uncredited) |
 | Hideo Murota als Japanese Pilot (uncredited) |
 | Jiro Okazaki als Pilot (uncredited) |
| John Pedrini als Official (uncredited) |
 | Steve Pendleton als Destroyer Captain (uncredited) |
 | Charlie Picerni als Burning Sailor (uncredited) |
| Joe Pine als Official (uncredited) |
 | Walter Reed als Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited) |
 | Robert Shayne als Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited) |
| Edward Sheehan als Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson (uncredited) |
| Tommy Splittgerber als Ed Klein (uncredited) |
 | G. D. Spradlin als Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited) |
| Hiroshi Tom Tanaka als Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited) |
 | Larry Thor als Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited) |
 | George Tobias als Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited) |
 | Arthur Tovey als Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited) |
| Bob Turnbull als Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
 | Harlan Warde als Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited) |
| Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby als Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited) |
 | David Westberg als Ens. Edgar M. Fair (uncredited) |
| Bruce Wilson als Pvt. Joseph Lockard (uncredited) |
 | Bill Zuckert als Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited) |
 | Mike Daneen als Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited) |
| Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Ryūzō Kikushima | Screenplay |
| Elmo Williams | Producer |
| Ladislas Farago | Novel |
| Gordon W. Prange | Novel |
| Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Larry Forrester | Screenplay |
| Toshio Masuda | Director |
| Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Shinya Inoue | Editor |
| Pembroke J. Herring | Editor |
| James E. Newcom | Editor |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Duane Toler | Script Supervisor |
| Yoshirō Muraki | Art Direction |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Norman Rockett | Set Decoration |
| Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Taizô Kawashima | Art Direction |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Layne Britton | Makeup Artist |
| Courtney Haslam | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Supervisor |
| Theodore Soderberg | Sound Recordist |
| Shin Watarai | Sound Recordist |
| Murray Spivack | Sound Recordist |
| Herman Lewis | Sound Recordist |
| James Corcoran | Sound Recordist |
| Douglas O. Williams | Sound Recordist |
| Nick Dimitri | Stunts |
| Charlie Picerni | Stunts |
| Shinsaku Himeda | Cinematography |
| Masamichi Satoh | Cinematography |
| Osamu Furuya | Cinematography |
| Charles F. Wheeler | Director of Photography |
| Ed Wynigear | Wardrobe Master |
| L.B. Abbott | Visual Effects |
| Art Cruickshank | Visual Effects |
| A.D. Flowers | Special Effects |
| Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Arthur Wildern | Other |
| George Watkins | Other |
| Jack Canary | Other |
| E. P. Stafford | Other |
| Kameo Sonokawa | Technical Advisor |
| Shizuo Takada | Technical Advisor |
| Kuranosuke Isoda | Technical Advisor |
| Tsuyoshi Saka | Technical Advisor |
| Otto Lang | Associate Producer |
| Masayuki Takagi | Associate Producer |
| Keinosuke Kubo | Associate Producer |
| Maurice Unger | Production Coordinator |
| Theodore Taylor | Production Coordinator |
| William Eckhardt | Unit Production Manager |
| Stanley Goldsmith | Unit Production Manager |
| Jack Stubbs | Unit Production Manager |
| Masao Namikawa | Unit Production Manager |
| David Hall | Assistant Director |
| Elliot Schick | Assistant Director |
| Hiroshi Nagai | Assistant Director |
| Ray Kellogg | Second Unit Director |
