Kinuyo Tanaka as Oiwa / Osode

Keiji Sada as Kohei

Ken Mitsuda as Ichimonjiya Kihei

Haruko Sugimura as Oshin

Ken Uehara as Tamiya Iemon

Jūkichi Uno as Yomoshichi

Chōko Iida as Kohei's Mother

Daisuke Katō as Shinkichi

Hisako Yamane as Oume

Osamu Takizawa as Gonbei Naosuke

Aizo Tamashima as Takuetsu

Yoshito Yamaji as Tatsugoro

Shigeo Shizuyama as Samurai

Kenzō Tanaka as

Haruo Inoue as Clerk

Kimie Hayashi as Maid

Akio Miyajima as Servant