
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work
Cast

Ken Ogata
Kazuo Katsura

Ayumi Ishida
Yoriko

Mieko Harada
Keiko Yajima

Keiko Matsuzaka
Tokuko Tanayoshi

Renji Ishibashi
Kazuo's father

Fumi Dan
Kazuo's mother

Hatsuo Yamaya
Tokuko's father

Junko Miyauchi
Tokuko's mother

Hiroyuki Sanada
Chuya Nakahara

Yusuke Okada
Osamu Dazai
Hisashi Igawa
Tsubono

Chu Arai
Kanda

Atom Shimojo
Nakajima
Takeshi Iba
Sasaki

Takashi Taniguchi
Hayashi
Ryuji Tonegawa
Ichiro
Nobuyuki Ichiyanagi
Jiro
Satoshi Okuma
Yata
Yuka Yonezawa
Fumiko
Mami Okamura
Satoko

Sayoko Tanimoto
Unknown

Mina Asami
Unknown

Keizo Kanie
Unknown

Tsutomu Shimomoto
Unknown
Masato Ise
Kazuo as a boy

Takashi Noguchi
Unknown

Yukio Miyagi
Detective

Gōzō Sōma
Doctor
Daisuke Okamoto
Young college student
Mineko Maruhira
Unknown

Makoto Sumikawa
Unknown

Kumiko Itou
Unknown
Natsuko Suzuki
Unknown
Mayumi Tokunaga
Nurse
Crew

Kinji Fukasaku
Director, Screenplay
Fumio Kōnami
Screenplay

Kazuo Dan
Novel
Isamu Ichida
Editor
Daisaku Kimura
Director of Photography
Toshiyuki Fujiwara
Assistant Director
Teruhiko Arakawa
Sound Mixer
Kiyoshige Hirai
Sound Recordist
Yoshiaki Masuda
Lighting Technician

Takayuki Inoue
Original Music Composer
Tadao Takakuwa
Music Producer
Yoshikazu Sano
Art Direction
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