Setsuko Hara

as Takako Numata

Ineko Arima

as Akiko Sugiyama

Chishū Ryū

as Shukichi Sugiyama

Isuzu Yamada

as Kisako Soma

Teiji Takahashi

as Noburo Kawaguchi

Masami Taura

as Kenji Kimura

Haruko Sugimura

as Shigeko Takeuchi

So Yamamura

as Seki Sekiguchi

Kinzō Shin

as Yasuo Numata

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Noodle Vendor

Nobuo Nakamura

as Sakae Aiba

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Policeman

Junji Masuda

as Baa's Guest

Eiko Miyoshi

as Midwife

Teruko Nagaoka

as Housekeeper Tomizawa

Mutsuko Sakura

as Baa's Female Servant

Fujio Suga

as Saburo Tomita

Tsûsai Sugawara

as Mahjong Parlor Owner

Haruo Tanaka

as Komatsu's Customer

Kumeko Urabe

as Komatsu's Mistress

Kazuko Yamamoto

as Yasuko Maekawa

Tomoka Hasebe

as Mahjong Player