Kadro (57)
Yūko NatoriTsuya Shimamura
Morio Kazama
Kunihiko Mitamura
Aki MizusawaShima Shimamura
Ayako KobayashiSei as a girl
Shirō Ōsaka
Kōjirō KusanagiSei's uncle
Kin Sugai
Junkichi Orimoto
Tomiko IshiiMidwifeShingo MisawaEizô Kitamura
Takashi Ebata
Takashi Noguchi
Ryoichi Kusanagi
Ken'ichi NagiraYoshiro IchikawaTokuko MiuraNaoji IwataMineko MaruhiraNeighborhood ladyKojin Tokuda
Masaharu ArikawaKojirō Kawanami
Kojiro ShirakawaYoshihiro IgarashiGorō ŌkiMichiko Tsushima
Tsuyako OkajimaMitsue WakabayashiSei's grandmotherKayoko TominagaKura Shimamura
Mieko HoshinoNeighborhood ladyAki SawaNeighborhood ladyMayumi TokunagaNeighborhood ladyTankurôJunichi HosokawaMayumi EdaWaitressKatsuko ÔkawaKeiko NanaseGirlYuka MonmaHiroshi TanakaPostman
Momiji YamamuraYoshiki YamadaShintarô MibuShunji Kotani
Rantaro Mine
Michihiro KinoshitaRickshaw manYasushi AmaedaMakoto AsaiRickshaw manHiroyuki SugayaSozaburo YoshimiKozo Kotani
Etsuko IchiharaNarrator (voice)
Mikio Narita
Kei Satō
Mieko Takamine
Yoshiko Mita
Mariko OkadaSei Shimamura