Machiko Kyō

as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

Yōko Tsukasa

as Umeko (the second daughter)

Reiko Dan

as Sakura (the third daughter)

Yuriko Hoshi

as Ayame (the fourth daughter)

Keiju Kobayashi

as Ooka (Umeko's husband)

Yōsuke Natsuki

as Nomura (Ayame's husband)

Akira Takarada

as Kudo

Tadao Takashima

as Minegishi (Ooka's friend)

Norihei Miki

Ichirō Arishima

Daisuke Katō

Makoto Satō

as Goro (Kudo's younger brother)

Yasuo Tanabe

as Tsuruo (the eldest son)

Natsuko Kahara

as Asako (Ooka's mother)

Hiroshi Koizumi

Yū Fujiki

Ikio Sawamura

Chōtarō Tōgin

as Kondo (Tsuruo's friend)

Shirō Tsuchiya

Yutaka Nakayama

Yutaka Sada

Shōichi Hirose

Haruko Sugimura

as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)

Tatsuya Nakadai