Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.
Kinuyo Tanaka
Ken Uehara
Hisako Yamane
Haruko Sugimura
Chōko Iida
Osamu Takizawa
Jūkichi Uno
Keiji Sada
Aizo Tamashima
Ken Mitsuda
Yoshito Yamaji
Daisuke Katō
Kanichi Kato
Kimie Hayashi
Akio Miyajima
Atsuko Okawa
Sentaro Ohigashi