Daiei held top starts in Japanese motion picture history, and also produced films in which actors and actresses who were either freelance or under contract with other film companies, such as Hideko TAKAMINE, Koji TSURUTA and Keiko KISHI, appeared.
日本映画史に残る大スター達を擁し、さらに他社専属やフリーの高峰秀子、鶴田浩二、岸惠子らも出演する。