Akira Takarada

as Sainkichi 'Johannes' Matsutani

Kyoko Aoyama

as Kikue Hayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Yûji Wada

Yoko Tani

as Mari Okano

Kurôemon Onoe

as Mimatsu, policeman

Ken Uehara

as Father Takeuchi

Atsuko Ichinomiya

as Nun

Eijirō Tōno

as Shiimbei Hayashi

Sadako Sawamura

as Omatsu Hayashi

Kokuten Kōdō

as Suketa Wada

Yoshio Kosugi

as Daizô Okano

Ichirō Chiba

as Police Chief

Momoko Kôchi

as Young girl at Kuro Village

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Hiroshi Akitsu

as Aged doctor

Isao Hashimoto

as Young man at Shiro Village

Shōichi Hirose

Ritsuko Ihara

Kōji Iwamoto

Eiko Kano

Shigeo Katō

Michiko Kawa

Akira Kitchôji

as Post office chief

Roland Lesaffre

as Father Simenon

Mitsuo Matsumoto

Teruko Mita

as Oteru Mimatsu

Yutaka Nakayama

Keiko Ozawa

as Hatsu Okano

Akira Sera

as Masakichi

Masaaki Tachibana