Cast 24

1. 

   Machiko Kyō

   Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

2. 

   Yōko Tsukasa

   Umeko (the second daughter)

3. 

   Reiko Dan

   Sakura (the third daughter)

4. 

   Yuriko Hoshi

   Ayame (the fourth daughter)

5. 

   Keiju Kobayashi

   Ooka (Umeko's husband)

6. 

   Yōsuke Natsuki

   Nomura (Ayame's husband)

7. 

   Akira Takarada

   Kudo

8. 

   Tadao Takashima

   Minegishi (Ooka's friend)

9. 

   Norihei Miki

10. 

    Ichirō Arishima

11. 

    Daisuke Katō

12. 

    Makoto Satō

    Goro (Kudo's younger brother)

13. 

    Yasuo Tanabe

    Tsuruo (the eldest son)

14. 

    Natsuko Kahara

    Asako (Ooka's mother)

15. 

    Hiroshi Koizumi

16. 

    Yū Fujiki

17. 

    Ikio Sawamura

18. 

    Chōtarō Tōgin

    Kondo (Tsuruo's friend)

19. Shirō Tsuchiya

20. 

    Yutaka Nakayama

21. 

    Yutaka Sada

22. 

    Shōichi Hirose

23. 

    Haruko Sugimura

    Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)

24. 

    Tatsuya Nakadai

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