Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka
Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji

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

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

Daisuke Katō
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)

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)