After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.
Go Akutsu
Ken Takakura
Tae Makimura
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Senta Naruse
Tomokazu Miura
Kayoko
Naoko Ohtani
Oren
Hiroko Isayama
Kyoko Aoki
Susumu Fujita
Masakazu Kuwayama
Nenji Kobayashi
Eishin Tono
Hatsuo Yamaya
Kazuo Kitamura
Takeo Namai
Kazuo Katō
Akiji Kobayashi
Kōen Okumura
Masanobu Ōkubo
Yūsuke Takita
Sumio Tomikawa
Shogen Nitta
Imari Tsuji
Moeko Ezawa
Narrator (voice)
Junnosuke Hiramitsu
Eitarō Ozawa
Hideji Ōtaki
Saiji Akutsu
Chishū Ryū
Gensuke Kishida
Hisaya Morishige