Akira Kubo
— Shinji
沢村貞子
— Tomi, Shinji's Mother
青山京子
— Hatsue
太刀川寛
— Yasuo
高島稔
— Hiroshi
Kichijirō Ueda
— Terukichi
Keiko Miya
— Chiyoko
Daisuke Katō
— Chiyoko's Father
三戸部スエ
— Chiyoko's Mother
大前亘
— Takeshi
Yoshio Kosugi
— Jukichi
Ikichi Ishii
— Ryuji
Toshirō Mifune
— Skipper of the Utashima-maru
Noriko Honma
— Old Woman of O-Haru
Eijirō Tōno
— Schoolmaster