Kon Ichikawa

Director

Kôji Ishizaka

Kôsuke Kindaichi

Yôko Tsukasa

Katsuno - Kaemon's Concubine

Takeshi Katô

Inspector Todoroki

Tatsuo Matsumura

Doctor Kôan Murase

Tsunehiko Kamijô

Police Officer Shimizu

Pîtâ

Shôzô Ukai - Sponger

Yoshio Inaba

Village Mayor Makihei Araki

Noboru Mitani

Disabled Soldier

Shûichi Ikeda

Ryôtaku - Buddhist Chef

Akiji Kobayashi

Takezô - Chief Fisherman, Narration

Kiwako Taichi

Tomoe Kitô - Gihei's Wife

Yûko Asano

Tsukiyo Kitô - Osayo's First Daughter

Hideji Ôtaki

Gihei Kitô - Tomoe's Husband

Reiko Ôhara

Sanae - Chimata's Cousin

Ryôko Sakaguchi

Barber Oshichi

Taketoshi Naitô

Yosamatsu Kitô - Sanae's Uncle

Kazunaga Tsuji

Detective Bandô

Mitsuko Kusabue

Osayo - Yosamatsu's Concubine