"This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails."
Keiji Sada
as Ryoichi Morita
Yoshiko Kuga
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Hideko Takamine
as Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Akira Ishihama
as Noboru, Ryoichi's brother
Minoru Ōki
as Shun-don
Toshiko Kobayashi
as Hisako, Shinkichi's sister
Masami Taura
as Mr. Mitsui, Noboru's friend
Kumeko Urabe
as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Chieko Nakakita
as Natsuko
Eiko Miyoshi
as
Shinichi Himori
Ryōhei Uchida
as Shinkichi, Hiroko's friend
Kaoru Nobe
Kazuko Okada
Jô Mitsumura
Mari Tanahashi
Jun Tanizaki
Teruko Ninomiya
Tsuneko Sasaki
Fumio Tooyama
Yoichi Osugi
Kayoko Terada
Masahiko Inoue
Keiji Tsuchida
Hisashi Taki
Yoshino Tani
Kayoko Muramatsu
Tami Yamamoto
Toshio Shimamura
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Yoshiko Kusuda
Screenplay
Masae Hosoi
Costume Design
Kôzô Kubo
Producer
Kazue Hirataka
Art Direction
Shûzô Horikawa
Sound mixer
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Shôji Obi
Production Supervisor
Tetsuji Yamazaki
Set Decoration
Kakuzô Saga
Set Designer
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound
Yûgorô Imai
Assistant Director
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Toshiyasu Morita
Director of Photography
Hisao Ōno