In a provincial Japanese town, an entrepreneurial sanitation collector is drawn into the world of local politics, only to discover that the prosperity he helped create will benefit everyone but himself.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Junzaburō BanHikotarô Komori | Hikotarô Komori |
 Eitarō OzawaTomoda | Tomoda |
 Hisaya MorishigeUshinosuke Abe | Ushinosuke Abe |
 Eijirō YanagiAkase | Akase |
 Saburo DateNot listed | Not listed |
 Kōji MitsuiNot listed | Not listed |
 Sachiko MuraseNot listed | Not listed |
 Toranosuke OgawaNot listed | Not listed |
 Sadako SawamuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Kyū SazankaNot listed | Not listed |
| HHiroko FukumitsuNot listed | Not listed |
| IIsao DateNot listed | Not listed |
| KKazuko FutabaNot listed | Not listed |
| KKimiko HattoriNot listed | Not listed |
| AAshihei HinoNot listed | Not listed |
| SShoji IchikawaNot listed | Not listed |
| IIchirō IzumiNot listed | Not listed |
| SSaburo KomyojiNot listed | Not listed |
| TTazuko KusakaNot listed | Not listed |
| MMokutarô MinakamiNot listed | Not listed |
| YYasusuke MinamiNot listed | Not listed |
| AAkio MiyajimaNot listed | Not listed |
| TTerumi MiyazakiNot listed | Not listed |
 Ryōko MizukiNot listed | Not listed |
 Shin MorikawaNot listed | Not listed |
| CChiyo MurasakiNot listed | Not listed |