Takashi Shimura

Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka

Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari

Ohara

Miki Odagiri

Toyo

Shinichi Himori

Kimura

Minoru Chiaki

Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada

Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori

Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura

Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe

Patient

Isao Kimura

Intern

Masao Shimizu

Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō

Novelist

Yoshie Minami

The Maid

Kumeko Urabe

Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi

Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Bar Hostess

Kin Sugai

Housewife

Kyôko Seki

Kazue Watanabe

Kusuo Abe

City Assemblyman

Tomo'o Nagai

Newspaperman

Seiji Miyaguchi

Yakuza Boss

Daisuke Katō

Yakuza

Hiroshi Hayashi

Yakuza

Fuyuki Murakami

Newspaperman

Hirayoshi Aono

Newspaperman

Toshiyuki Ichimura

Pianist

Harue Kuramoto

Dancer

Taizō Fukami

Baseball Spectator

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Park Division Staff

Sachio Sakai

Yakuza (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose

Yakuza (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki

Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)

Shigeo Katō

(uncredited)

Keiji Sakakida

Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

Fire Department Staff (uncredited)

Hiroshi Koizumi

Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)

Sōjirō Motoki

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Kyoko Aoyama

Schoolgirl (uncredited)