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Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe

Haruo Tanaka
Sakai

Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara

Miki Odagiri
Toyo

Shinichi Himori
Kimura

Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi

Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito

Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono

Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother

Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor

Atsushi Watanabe
Patient

Isao Kimura
Intern

Masao Shimizu
Doctor

Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist

Yoshie Minami
The Maid

Kumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe

Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife

Noriko Honma
Housewife

Yatsuko Tan'ami
Bar Hostess
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
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