During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the world. Tasuke, who does not know that Takechiyo is the shogun's heir, trains him harshly. Tasuke's wife Naka (Michiko Ai) is concerned about his harsh teaching style, but Takechiyo gains strength day by day and adapts to his new life. Soon, Takechiyo begins secretly talking about love with a city girl named Otoyo (Hitomi Nozoe), but...
Kazuo Hasegawa
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Hitomi Nozoe
Yataro Kurokawa
Michiko Ai
Naritoshi Hayashi
Tamao Nakamura
Rieko Sumi
Takashi Shimura
Yoichi Funaki
Masaya Tsukida
Sentaro Izumi
Bontarō Miake
Kinzō Shin
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Kazuko Wakamatsu
Sumire Harukaze
Teruyo Asagumo
Tsukie Matsuura
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shinobu Araki
Shōzō Nanbu
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Kōichi Katsuragi
Hiroshi Ueda
Ichirō Amano
Seishirō Hara
Saburo Date
Shintarō Nanjō
Okuyama Asao
Mitsuo Watanabe
Ichirō Takakura
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Jun Fujikawa
Ikkei Tamaki
Hajime Koshikawa
Satoshi Mikami
Goto Shihiko
Yūji Hamada
Naohiko Negishi
Midori Komatsu