"A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki..."
Katsuo Nakamura
as Toshio Yajima
Rentaro Mikuni
as Yoshito Matsuzaki
Yoshiko Sakuma
as Kimie Mochizuki
Hitomi Nakahara
as Yoshiko Matsumoto
Naoko Kubo
as Kazuko Morihara
Mitsue Komiya
as Eloped woman
Harumi Sone
as Sabu
Fumitake Ōmura
as Secretary
Susumu Namishima
as Tokisada
Tokue Hanazawa
as Chameleon Matsu
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Coal mine president Yoshida
Kichijirō Ueda
as Party leader
Eitarō Ozawa
as Doctor
Akira Naoki
as Shichiro
Keiichi Kitagawa
as Eloped man
Yuji Kitamine
as Engineer A
Toshio Satô
as Train steward
Tadashi Minamikawa
as
Tadashi Suganuma
as Railway police officer B
Kosaku Okano
as Driver
Fusatarō Ishijima
Ushio Akashi
as Okayama station stationmaster
Koji Sahara
as Eloped man's elder brother
Hiroshi Tomono
as Tachibana
Tetsuya Kigawa
as Bridegroom
Akira Takizawa
as Osaka Medical College worker
Seihachi Uchikoshi
as Track worker
Akikane Sawa
as On-duty yardmaster
Hirotaka Ono
Gentarō Mori
as Ishikawa
Osamu Yamamura
as Cook
Sakae Shima
as Osaka branch party employee
Kyoko Koga
as Cafeteria girl A
Tomiko Makinouchi
as Toshiko's elder sister
Etsuko Okada
as Cafeteria girl B
Shigeko Arai
Akiko Kataoka
as Bride
Tatsuya Kitayama
as Engineer B
Tokio Kozuka
as Manager
Nobuo Yana
as Railway police officer A
Kenji Todoroki
as Assistant engineer
Hiroshi Ookawa
Executive Producer
Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Kenzo Ginya
Lighting Technician
Mikio Mori
Art Direction
Yoshiki Nagasawa
Editor
Minoru Yamada
Assistant Director
Hideo Sekigawa
Director
Hanjirō Nakazawa
Director of Photography
Masanobu Otani
Sound Recordist
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer