Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Shin KishidaUtamaro | Utamaro |
 Shingo YamashiroNot listed | Not listed |
 Mikio NaritaJuzaburo Tsutaya | Juzaburo Tsutaya |
 Eiji OkadaTanuma | Tanuma |
 Ryōhei UchidaNot listed | Not listed |
 Tadao NakamaruShimizu | Shimizu |
 Isao TamagawaNot listed | Not listed |
 Akiji KobayashiNot listed | Not listed |
 Isao BitōNot listed | Not listed |
 Masami HoriuchiNot listed | Not listed |
 Minori TeradaNot listed | Not listed |
 Kantarō SugaNot listed | Not listed |
 Ben HiuraNot listed | Not listed |
| SSumio TomikawaNot listed | Not listed |
 Katsumi MuramatsuNot listed | Not listed |
| MMikio OzawaNot listed | Not listed |
| KKazuhiko KuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Sabu KawaharaNot listed | Not listed |
 Katsumasa UchidaNot listed | Not listed |
| SShingo KamijoNot listed | Not listed |
 Noboru NakayaSadanobu Matsudaira | Sadanobu Matsudaira |
 Ryo TamuraNot listed | Not listed |
| EEishin TonoNot listed | Not listed |
 Kyôko KishidaOchika | Ochika |
 Michiko SagaNot listed | Not listed |
| YYasuko NagamineNot listed | Not listed |
 Rie NakagawaKujaku | Kujaku |
 Eiko YanamiNot listed | Not listed |
 Izuhi HigashiokaNot listed | Not listed |
 Tokuko WatanabeNot listed | Not listed |