Kinuyo Tanaka as Fusako Owada

Sanae Takasugi as Natsuko Kimijima

Tomie Tsunoda as Kumiko Owada

Mitsuo Nagata as Kenzô Kuriyama

Kōju Murata as Hospital Director

Kumeko Urabe as Brothel Keeper

Kikue Mōri as Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietres

Minpei Tomimoto as Koji Owada

Umeko Ôbayashi as Tokuko Owada

Hiroshi Aoyama as Kiyoshi Kawakita

Fusako Maki as Pureblood Society Lady

Aizo Tamashima as Women's Home Director

Kenzō Tanaka as Shuichi Hirata

Kanichi Kato as Detective A

Hideo Kato as Detective B

Kazuko Okada as Apartment Lady

Hisami Nishikawa as Yasuko, street prostitute

Kimie Hayashi as Kazuko, street prostitute

Mitsue Takigawa as Takeko, street prostitute

Kuniko Aoi as Tsugiko, street prostitute

Eiko Taki as Tomie, street prostitute

Miyoko Shino as Fukuko, street prostitute

Atsuko Okawa as Tokiko, street prostitute

Junko Hara as Toshimi, street prostitute

Kiyo Murakami as Shizue, street prostitute

Yoshiko Miyake as Toshiko, street prostitute

Michiko Murata as Midori, street prostitute

Hisako Araki as Akemi, street prostitute

Yoshie Sekiya as Shigeko, street prostitute

Katsuko Shiori as Tokie, street prostitute

Kazuko Aoyama as Yokko, bad girl

Kazuko Futaba as Tomi, bad girl

Miyoko Nakajima as Oharu, bad girl

Misuzu Komatsu as Mitchie, bad girl

Shizue Hikari as Hideko, bad girl