Hideko Takamine

Oshima

Ken Uehara

Tsuru, the first husband

Daisuke Katō

Onoda, the second husband

Masayuki Mori

Hamaya, her lover

Mitsuko Miura

Oyu

Takashi Shimura

Owner of the rice mill

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kimura

Eijirō Tōno

Oshima's father

Teruko Kishi

Oshima's mother

Seiji Miyaguchi

Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Chieko Nakakita

Osuzu, Oshima's older sister

Takeshi Sakamoto

Kisuke, the foster father

Noriko Honma

Otora, the foster mother

Sadako Sawamura

Oshima's aunt

Haruo Tanaka

Fusayoshi

Kokuten Kōdō

Kinshichi

Natsuko Kahara

Otoku

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Flower Master

Bokuzen Hidari

Old man

Senkichi Ōmura

Nezu

Masahiko Tsugawa

Yutaka Sada