Yujiro ISHIHARA appeared in the latter story as Kenshin UESUGI, together with other attractive casting such as Yoshiko SAKUMA as Suwagoryonin, Mayumi OZORA as Mrs. ABURAKAWA, Masakazu TAMURA as Nobushige TAKEDA, and the child actor Kankuro NAKAMURA (now Kanzaburo NAKAMURA the 18th) as Katsuyori TAKEDA.
石原裕次郎は後半で上杉謙信として登場、他にも佐久間良子の諏訪御寮人、大空真弓の油川夫人、田村正和の武田信繁など、魅力的な配役をそろえ、子役時代の中村勘九郎（現・中村勘三郎(18代目)）が武田勝頼役で登場している。