Mother

Keiko Fujita

Model C

Tatsuo Hanabu

Yoko Hayama

Sakie Takayama (as a child)

Yosuke Irie

Young worker A

Naoyasu Itō

Hooligan B

Junko Kano

Chieko Yuasa

Yasuko Kawakami

Setsuko Ômachi

Machiko Kyō

Takako Ômachi

Hiroko Machida

Young mother

Bontarō Miake

Senkichi Yuasa

Kuniko Miyake

Ikuko Mōri

Model E

Fumio Nakae

Young worker C

Shō Natsuki

Manager

Takashi Shimura

Ijûin

Nobuko Shingu

Shirakawa

Rieko Sumi

Mrs. Mimura

Yoshio Tabata

Sailor

Kikuko Tachibana

Villager B

Hideo Takamatsu

Matsuda

Eiichi Takamura

Villager A

Jōji Tsurumi

Takasaki

Kumeko Urabe

Yuko Yashio

Sakie Takayama