Setsuko Hara as Takako Numata

Ineko Arima as Akiko Sugiyama

Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Sugiyama

Isuzu Yamada as Kisako Soma

Teiji Takahashi as Noburo Kawaguchi

Masami Taura as Kenji Kimura

Haruko Sugimura as Shigeko Takeuchi

Sō Yamamura as Seki Sekiguchi

Kinzō Shin as Yasuo Numata

Kamatari Fujiwara as Noodle Vendor

Nobuo Nakamura as Sakae Aiba

Seiji Miyaguchi as Policeman

Junji Masuda as Baa's Guest

Eiko Miyoshi as Midwife

Teruko Nagaoka as Housekeeper Tomizawa

Mutsuko Sakura as Baa's Female Servant

Fujio Suga as Saburo Tomita

Tsûsai Sugawara as Mahjong Parlor Owner

Haruo Tanaka as Komatsu's Customer

Kumeko Urabe as Komatsu's Mistress

Kazuko Yamamoto as Yasuko Maekawa

Tomoka Hasebe as Mahjong Player