On screen
Cast
24 credited performers
Machiko Kyō
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Yōko Tsukasa
Umeko (the second daughter)
Reiko Dan
Sakura (the third daughter)
Yuriko Hoshi
Ayame (the fourth daughter)
Keiju Kobayashi
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Yōsuke Natsuki
Nomura (Ayame's husband)
Akira Takarada
Kudo
Tadao Takashima
Minegishi (Ooka's friend)
Norihei Miki
Character not listed
Ichirō Arishima
Character not listed
Daisuke Katō
Character not listed
Makoto Satō
Goro (Kudo's younger brother)
Yasuo Tanabe
Tsuruo (the eldest son)
Natsuko Kahara
Asako (Ooka's mother)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Character not listed
Yū Fujiki
Character not listed
Ikio Sawamura
Character not listed
Chōtarō Tōgin
Kondo (Tsuruo's friend)
Artwork unavailable
Shirō Tsuchiya
Character not listed
Yutaka Nakayama
Character not listed
Yutaka Sada
Character not listed
Shōichi Hirose
Character not listed
Haruko Sugimura
Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Character not listed