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.
Cast
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
Crew
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Hisashi Sagara
Editor
Hiroshi Kusuda
Director of Photography
Masaki Kobayashi
Assistant Director
Kōichirō Ogura
Executive Producer
Isamu Motoki
Production Design
Shima Nakamura
Costume Design
Taro Takahashi
Sound Recordist
Shigeo Terada
Lighting Technician
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Toshio Fuwa
Set Decoration
Jiro Takasu
Set Designer
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Researcher
Nanboku Tsuruya
Original Story
