Ken Takakura as Yusaku Shima

Chieko Baisho as Mitsue Shima

Kaori Momoi as Akemi Ogawa

Tetsuya Takeda as Kinya Hanada

Hachiro Tako as Yakuza

Hisao Dazai as Ryokan Manager

Mari Okamoto as Ramen Shop Girl

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Watanabe Kacho

Akihiko Hanyû as Policeman

Hidetoshi Hasegawa as Policeman

Kazuhiko Kasai as Checkpoint Policeman

Midori Kawai as Akemi's Colleague

Yoshino Tani as Waitress

Sakae Umezu as Policeman

Kôei Yamamoto as Section Manager

Makoto Akatsuka as Chinpira

Chieko Misaki as

Saburo Satoki as

Yasujirô Ono as

Sabu Kawahara as