On screen
Cast
30 credited performers
Chiharu Inayoshi
Ken Kawama
Makiko Ishimaru
Michiko Sakuma in childhood
Volodya Bykov
Vasska
Artwork unavailable
Tanya Aynyukova
Alyonka
Yuriy Nikulin
Character not listed
Machiko Kyō
Director of the shelter
Jūkichi Uno
Nobuyuki Noda, Ken's uncle
Inna Makarova
Klava
Ken Utsui
Teacher Tabata
Stanislav Chekan
raftsman
Eiji Funakoshi
Japanese in Leningrad and Moscow
Lyubov Sokolova
Lieutenant of militia
Michiyo Yasuda
Michiko Sakuma
Nikolay Grabbe
foreman
Hiroyuki Ôta
Ken Kawama as an adult
Viktor Chekmaryov
a man on a business trip
Jun Fujimaki
Jiro Kimura
Eduard Bredun
hunter
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Female teacher
Yuriy Sarantsev
mate
Vladimir Yemelyanov
chief of customs service
Artwork unavailable
Reiji Kurihara
anchorman
Nikolay Smorchkov
builder
Taiji Tonoyama
Character not listed
Mikhail Shuydin
clown
Hiroko Machida
Michiko's mother
Artwork unavailable
Rudolf Barshai
cameo role
Yūzō Hayakawa
Policeman
Ivan Ryzhov
старшина Трофимыч
Vitaliy Illich
Character not listed