Kadro (24)
Machiko KyōKikuko (the eldest daughter)
Yōko TsukasaUmeko (the second daughter)
Reiko DanSakura (the third daughter)
Yuriko HoshiAyame (the fourth daughter)
Keiju KobayashiOoka (Umeko's husband)
Yōsuke NatsukiNomura (Ayame's husband)
Akira TakaradaKudo
Tadao TakashimaMinegishi (Ooka's friend)
Norihei Miki
Ichirō Arishima
Daisuke Katō
Makoto SatōGoro (Kudo's younger brother)
Yasuo TanabeTsuruo (the eldest son)
Natsuko KaharaAsako (Ooka's mother)
Hiroshi Koizumi
Yû Fujiki
Ikio Sawamura
Chōtarō TōginKondo (Tsuruo's friend)Shirō TsuchiyaYutaka Nakayama
Yutaka Sada
Shôichi Hirose
Haruko SugimuraAki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
Tatsuya Nakadai