Takashi Shimura as Chief Goro Ishida

Shōji Kiyokawa as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō Sugai as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Takako Irie as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yôko Yaguchi as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sayuri Tanima as Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

Sachiko Ozaki as Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki as Fusae Nishioka

Asako Suzuki as Asako Suzumura

Haruko Toyama as Masako Koyama

Aiko Masu as Tokiko Hiroda

Kazuko Hitomi as Kazuko Futomi

Shizuko Yamada as Hisae Yamaguchi

Itoko Kōno as Sue Okabe

Emiko Rei as Chie Shima (uncredited)

Haruko Mii as Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

Minori Toyohara as Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

Eiko Hirayama as Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

Harue Yamashita as Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

Mineko Mashiro as Mineko Bando (uncredited)

Isuzu Miyakawa as Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

Michiko Oikawa as Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

Teruko Kato as Teruko Sato (uncredited)

Akitake Kōno as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Unpei Yokoyama as Dormitory worker (uncredited)

Chieko Nakakita as Student worker (uncredited)

Koyuri Tanima as Factory worker (uncredited)