

Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a wastrel life. Bunkichi admonishes the boy to study harder, but it seems his uncle's advice may already be too late.

Toshiko Iizuka
Teruko

Shin Tokudaiji
Seiichi

Chōko Iida
Otoku, Seiichi's mother

Takeshi Sakamoto
Fumikichi

Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Okiyo, Fumikichi's wife

Shin Saburi
Doctor
Shozaburo Abe
A student
Kiyoshi Aono
A craftman

Jun Arai
A neighbor
Eiko Asami
A waitress
Shizuko Esaka
Woman worker at beef shop
Sadatake Ichiryûsai
Guest appearance
Tsugurô Kanemitsu
A student

Reikichi Kawamura
A neighbor

Tokuji Kobayashi
A student
Heinosuke Gosho
Tadao Ikeda
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