Broken Drum

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.

Tsumasaburō Bandō

Gunpei Tsuda

Sachiko Murase

Kuniko

Masayuki Mori

Taro

Chūji Kinoshita

Heizo

Akira Ōizumi

Matasaburo

Toshiko Kobayashi

Akiko

Yôko Katsuragi

Haruko

Masayoshi Ôtsuka

Shiro

Sadako Sawamura

Yasuko

Jūkichi Uno

Shigeki Nonaka

Osamu Takizawa

Naoki

Chieko Higashiyama

Nobuko

Eitarō Ozawa

Kimura (as Sakae Ozawa)

Mitsuo Nagata

Teruo Hanada

Hiroshi Aoyama

Laundryman

Toshio Yamazaki

Kiyo Murakami

Tsuyu, a maid

Sumie Kuwabara

Kimi