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
Oiwa / Osode
Ken Uehara
Tamiya Iemon
Hisako Yamane
Oume
Haruko Sugimura
Oshin
Chōko Iida
Okura
Osamu Takizawa
Naosuke Gonbei
Jūkichi Uno
Yomoshichi
Keiji Sada
Kobotoke Kohei
Aizo Tamashima
Takuetsu, the masseur
Ken Mitsuda
Ichimonjiya Kihei
Yoshito Yamaji
Tatsugoro
Daisuke Katō
Shinkichi
Kanichi Kato
Prisoner
Kimie Hayashi
Maid
Akio Miyajima
Servant
Atsuko Okawa
Woman at teahouse
Sentaro Ohigashi
Man at gambling den
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