A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Raizō IchikawaKeizaburo | Keizaburo |
 Shintarō KatsuIchinosuke | Ichinosuke |
 Kyōko KagawaOnatsu | Onatsu |
 Chieko NaniwaNot listed | Not listed |
 Eijirō TōnoGonzaemon Hoshino | Gonzaemon Hoshino |
 Michiko OnoTakino | Takino |
 Tamao NakamuraAya | Aya |
 Naritoshi HayashiYoshitaro | Yoshitaro |
 Aiko MimasuNot listed | Not listed |
 Isao YamagataNot listed | Not listed |
 Hisao ToakeShinya | Shinya |
| IIchirō AmanoTennojiya | Tennojiya |
| HHinode NishikawaGenroku | Genroku |
| SSumao IshiharaHostess | Hostess |
| SShiro MiuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Jun FujikawaKadomatsu, seller | Kadomatsu, seller |
 Saburo DateShokichi, samurai's servant | Shokichi, samurai's servant |
| MMineko YorozuyoOtake | Otake |
 Kyū SazankaNot listed | Not listed |
| SShinobu ArakiNot listed | Not listed |
 Hisako TakihanaNot listed | Not listed |
 Shōzō NanbuNot listed | Not listed |
 Ikkei TamakiNot listed | Not listed |
 Kanae KobayashiNot listed | Not listed |
 Ganjirō Nakamura IINihei | Nihei |