Koichi Sato as Shiro Yamaoka

Michiko Hada as Yuko Kurita

Kyooko Tooyama as Satomi

Takashi Sasano as Culture Department deputy director Tomii

Rentaro Mikuni as Yuzan Kaibara

Toshio Shiba as Mikawa

Mari Torigoe as Noriko Hanamura

Mitsuru Hirata as

Taro Ishida as Chief editor Koizumi

Kuniyasu Atsumi as

Hōsei Komatsu as

Kōji Nanbara as

Kazuyuki Senba as Culture Department director Tanimura

Hideo Sunazuka as

Ichirō Zaitsu as Mantaro Kyogoku

Raita Ryu as Nakagawa

Miyoko Akaza as Hanamura restaurant proprietress

Kirin Kiki as Tome

Nijiko Kiyokawa as Masako Ido

Kunie Tanaka as Tattsan

Shinsuke Ashida as Daizo Ohara