Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka as Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara

Miki Odagiri as Toyo

Shinichi Himori as Kimura

Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura as Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe as Patient

Isao Kimura as Intern

Masao Shimizu as Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō as Novelist

Yoshie Minami as The Maid

Kumeko Urabe as Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi as Housewife

Noriko Honma as Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami as Bar Hostess

Kin Sugai as Housewife

Kyôko Seki as Kazue Watanabe

Kusuo Abe as City Assemblyman

Tomo'o Nagai as Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi as Yakuza Boss

Daisuke Katō as Yakuza

Hiroshi Hayashi as Yakuza

Fuyuki Murakami as Newspaperman

Hirayoshi Aono as Newspaperman

Toranosuke Ogawa as Park Section Chief

Akira Sera as Worker in General Affairs

Ichirō Chiba as Policeman

Akira Tani as Bar Owner

Yōyō Kojima as Worker in Sewage Section

Toshiyuki Ichimura as Pianist

Harue Kuramoto as Dancer

Rasa Saya as Stripper

Taizō Fukami as Baseball Spectator

Tateo Kawasaki as Civil Engineering Section Staff

Keiichirō Katsumoto as Park Division Staff

Haruko Toyama as Cabaret Woman

Sachio Sakai as Yakuza (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose as Yakuza (uncredited)

Kôji Uno as Yakuza (uncredited)

Yaeko Izumo as Housewife (uncredited)

Jirô Mitsuaki as City Hall Executive (uncredited)

Sôkichi Maki as General Manager (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki as Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

Takeo Nagashima as (uncredited)

Kazuo Imai as (uncredited)

Shigeo Katō as (uncredited)

Hiroshi Akitsu as Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)

Ippei Kawagoe as Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)

Mitsuo Tsuda as City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)

Keiji Sakakida as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai as Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

Tsuneo Katagiri as (uncredited)

Junpei Natsuki as Patient (uncredited)

Hiroshi Koizumi as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

Jun'ichirō Mukai as (uncredited)

Sōjirō Motoki as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kyoko Aoyama as Schoolgirl (uncredited)