"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
as Oiwa / Osode
Ken Uehara
as Tamiya Iemon
Hisako Yamane
as Oume
Haruko Sugimura
as Oshin
Chōko Iida
as Okura
Osamu Takizawa
as Naosuke Gonbei
Jūkichi Uno
as Yomoshichi
Keiji Sada
as Kobotoke Kohei
Aizo Tamashima
as Takuetsu, the masseur
Ken Mitsuda
as Ichimonjiya Kihei
Yoshito Yamaji
as Tatsugoro
Daisuke Katō
as Shinkichi
Kanichi Kato
as Prisoner
Kimie Hayashi
as Maid
Akio Miyajima
as Servant
Atsuko Okawa
as Woman at teahouse
Sentaro Ohigashi
as Man at gambling den
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Researcher
Isamu Motoki
Production Design
Masaki Kobayashi
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Kusuda
Director of Photography
Kōichirō Ogura
Executive Producer
Toshio Fuwa
Set Decoration
Jiro Takasu
Set Designer
Shima Nakamura
Costume Design
Shigeo Terada
Lighting Technician
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Taro Takahashi
Sound Recordist
Nanboku Tsuruya
Original Story
Eijirō Hisaita
Screenplay
Hisashi Sagara
Editor