Hideko Takamine

Character: Oshima

Ken Uehara

Character: Tsuru, the first husband

Daisuke Katō

Character: Onoda, the second husband

Masayuki Mori

Character: Hamaya, her lover

Mitsuko Miura

Character: Oyu

Takashi Shimura

Character: Owner of the rice mill

Tatsuya Nakadai

Character: Kimura

Eijirō Tōno

Character: Oshima's father

Teruko Kishi

Character: Oshima's mother

Seiji Miyaguchi

Character: Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Chieko Nakakita

Character: Osuzu, Oshima's older sister

Takeshi Sakamoto

Character: Kisuke, the foster father

Noriko Honma

Character: Otora, the foster mother

Sadako Sawamura

Character: Oshima's aunt

Haruo Tanaka

Character: Fusayoshi

Kokuten Kōdō

Character: Kinshichi

Akira Tani

Character: Sakutaro

Natsuko Kahara

Character: Otoku

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Character: Flower Master

Bokuzen Hidari

Character: Old man

Senkichi Ōmura

Character: Nezu

Masahiko Tsugawa

Character:

Yutaka Sada

Character: