Ballad of a Workman

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.

Drama

Hideko Takamine

(Torae Nonaka)

Keiji Sada

(Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband)

Yoshiko Kuga

(Chiyo)

Chieko Baisho

(Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend)

Toyozō Yamamoto

(Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son)

Kiyoshi Nonomura

(Mr. Mochizuki)

Kin Sugai

(Mrs. Mochizuki)

Teruko Kishi

(Yoshio's mother)

Toranosuke Ogawa

(Yoshio's father)

Takeshi Sakamoto

Nobuo Takagi

Ippei Souda

Tsutomu Niijima

Yôji Doki

Torahiko Hamada

Chieko Misaki

Mitsuyo Mizushima

Mariko Aoyama

Yachiyo Ōhashi