When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.
Oume
Shima Iwashita
Sokichi Takeshita
Ken Ogata
Kikuyo
Mayumi Ogawa
Riichi
Hiroki Iwase
Yoshiko
Miyuki Yoshizawa
Shôichi
Jun Ishii
Welfare Official
Jun Hamamura
Akutsu
Keizo Kanie
Doctor
Yoshi Katō
Detective
Mizuho Suzuki
Train Ticket Inspector
Noboru Mitani
Detective
Seiichi Suzuki
Policeman
Kunie Tanaka
Hatsuo Yamaya
Kimura, Bank Clerk
Hideji Ōtaki
Policewoman
Shinobu Otake
Mizuguchi
Takanobu Hozumi
Eimei Esumi
Yoshie Hinoki
Yukio Horikita
Tokuo Ichimaru
Hirokazu Inoue
Hirokazu Ishii
Jun Kajima
Hisako Kawamura
Taku Kido
Shirô Matsuda
Norio Matsui
Yasukiyo Umeno
Noriyuki Watanabe
Katsu Yamamoto