A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by his wife, one daughter is forced to marry an older man against her will, while the other has retreated into smug moral superiority.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Isuzu YamadaUrako | Urako |
 Shōji YasuiShimizudani | Shimizudani |
 Sanae NakaharaHarue | Harue |
 Yōko KatsuragiMomoko | Momoko |
 Yūko KusunokiGinko | Ginko |
 Misako WatanabeYuriko | Yuriko |
 Tomo'o NagaiHirakawa | Hirakawa |
 Kō NishimuraReporter | Reporter |
 Masami ShimojōInukai | Inukai |
| TTatsuo MatsushitaKihara | Kihara |
 Keiko AmajiKasahara | Kasahara |
 Shinako MineShinako | Shinako |
 Chikako HosokawaNot listed | Not listed |
 Yuji OdakaAkaboshi | Akaboshi |
 Jūkichi UnoNot listed | Not listed |
| SSetsuko AmamiyaNot listed | Not listed |
| TTakako MisawaNot listed | Not listed |
 Sachiko SomaNot listed | Not listed |
 Ken HatanoNot listed | Not listed |
| IIkunosuke KoizumiNot listed | Not listed |
| KKeisuke YukiokaNot listed | Not listed |
| KKyosuke AiharaNot listed | Not listed |
 Nobuo KawakamiNot listed | Not listed |
 Zenji YamadaNot listed | Not listed |
| TTakashi SudoNot listed | Not listed |
| KKeiko UshioNot listed | Not listed |
 Keiko HaraNot listed | Not listed |
| KKikuyo SudaNot listed | Not listed |
 Mikiko SakaiNot listed | Not listed |
 Makiko AoiNot listed | Not listed |