"Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education."
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Jun
Mitsuo Hamada
as Tsukamoto, Katsumi
Eijirō Tōno
as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Shoichi Ozawa
as
Tokuko Sugiyama
as Tomi (Jun's mother)
Takeshi Katō
as Mr. Noda
Tanie Kitabayashi
as Ume
Kin Sugai
as Miyo
Yoshio Ichikawa
as Takayuki
Taiji Tonoyama
as Matsunaga
Tomio Aoki
as Worker A
Nobuo Kawakami
as Detective
Keiko Kitaide
Akiji Kobayashi
as Hei-san
Ikunosuke Koizumi
as Master at ramen shop
Sanpei Mine
Kawai Okada
as Kaori-chan
Tsutomu Shimomoto
as Tôgo
Tōru Sumikawa
as Worker B
Yoshio Tsuchida
as Worker C
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
as Woman Worker
Jun Hamamura
Hideki Morisaka
as Sankichi
Mitsuko Suzuki
as Yoshie Kanayama
Hideo Takayama
Masahiro Kinoshita
Tetsuo Mizoi
as Uchiyama
Hajime Sugiyama
Junko Hiyoshi
as Nobuko Nakajima
Hidemi Tōgō
Kiyoshi Matsukawa
Tamehisa Aida
Takashi Okawa
Kiyoshi Kimura
Chiyo Hayafune
Novel
Kimihiko Nakamura
Production Design
Kirio Urayama
Director
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Screenplay
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Kanō Ōtsuka
Producer
Tsuneo Furuyama
Sound Recordist
Shōhei Imamura