Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe (渡邊 勘治, Watanabe Kanji)
Shinichi Himori as Kimura (木村)
Haruo Tanaka as Sakai (坂井)
Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi (野口)
Miki Odagiri as Toyo Odagiri (小田切 とよ, Odagiri Toyo)
Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara (小原)
Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito (齋藤)
Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ōno (大野)
Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe (渡邊 喜一, Watanabe Kiichi), Kanji's brother.

Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo Watanabe (渡邊 光男, Watanabe Mitsuo), Kanji's son.

Nobuo Nakamura as the Deputy Mayor.

Atsushi Watanabe as a patient at the hospital.

Isao Kimura as a medical intern.

Masao Shimizu as the doctor.

Yūnosuke Itō as the novelist.

Kyoko Seki as Kazue Watanabe (渡邊 一枝, Watanabe Kazue), Kanji's daughter-in-law.

Kumeko Urabe as Tatsu Watanabe (渡邊 たつ, Watanabe Tatsu), Kiichi's wife.

Noriko Honma as a housewife.

Seiji Miyaguchi as the Yakuza boss.

Daisuke Katō as a Yakuza.
Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe (渡邊 勘治, Watanabe Kanji)
Shinichi Himori as Kimura (木村)
Haruo Tanaka as Sakai (坂井)
Minoru Chiaki as Noguchi (野口)
Miki Odagiri as Toyo Odagiri (小田切 とよ, Odagiri Toyo)
Bokuzen Hidari as Ohara (小原)
Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito (齋藤)
Kamatari Fujiwara as Sub-Section Chief Ōno (大野)
Makoto Kobori as Kiichi Watanabe (渡邊 喜一, Watanabe Kiichi), Kanji's brother.
Nobuo Kaneko as Mitsuo Watanabe (渡邊 光男, Watanabe Mitsuo), Kanji's son.
Nobuo Nakamura as the Deputy Mayor.
Atsushi Watanabe as a patient at the hospital.
Isao Kimura as a medical intern.
Masao Shimizu as the doctor.
Yūnosuke Itō as the novelist.
Kyoko Seki as Kazue Watanabe (渡邊 一枝, Watanabe Kazue), Kanji's daughter-in-law.
Kumeko Urabe as Tatsu Watanabe (渡邊 たつ, Watanabe Tatsu), Kiichi's wife.
Noriko Honma as a housewife.
Seiji Miyaguchi as the Yakuza boss.
Daisuke Katō as a Yakuza.
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