Cast
Setsuko Hara
Akiko
Yōko Tsukasa
Noriko
Michiyo Aratama
Fumiko
Keiju Kobayashi
Hisao
Masahiko Shimazu
Masao
Hisaya Morishige
Isomura Eiichirou
Chieko Naniwa
Sasaki Tsune
Reiko Dan
Yuriko
Haruko Sugimura
Katou Shige
Daisuke Katō
Kitagawa Yanosuke
Haruko Tōgō
Kitagawa Teruko
Yumi Shirakawa
Nakanishi Takako
Akira Takarada
Teramoto Tadashi
Kyū Sazanka
Yamaguchi
Yū Fujiki
Maruyama Rokutarou
Chishū Ryū
Farmer
Tatsuo Endō
Banpei's Brother
Yūko Mochizuki
Farmer's Wife
Asao Uchida
Isha
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Kohayagawa Manbei
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