Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Kinuyo TanakaHiroko Ogata | Hiroko Ogata |
 Ken UeharaRyukichi Ogata | Ryukichi Ogata |
 Hideko TakamineSenko Azuma | Senko Azuma |
 Hiroshi AkutagawaKenzo Kubo | Kenzo Kubo |
 Chieko SekiYukiko Ikeda | Yukiko Ikeda |
 Ranko HanaiKatsuko Ishibashi | Katsuko Ishibashi |
 Takeshi SakamotoTokuji Kawamura | Tokuji Kawamura |
 Haruo TanakaChuji Tsukahara | Chuji Tsukahara |
 Eiko MiyoshiRanko | Ranko |
 Kumeko UrabeKayo Nojima | Kayo Nojima |
 Hikaru HoshiNot listed | Not listed |
 Zeko NakamuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Shigeru OguraNot listed | Not listed |
| EEiko ŌharaNot listed | Not listed |
 Noriko HonmaNot listed | Not listed |
| MMasao TakamatsuNot listed | Not listed |
| HHiroshi TsukijiNot listed | Not listed |
| RRei IshikawaNot listed | Not listed |
| SSakutarō YamakawaNot listed | Not listed |
| SShin MogamiNot listed | Not listed |
| TTomohiko ÔtaniNot listed | Not listed |
| NNagamasa YamadaNot listed | Not listed |
| TToshi KomoriNot listed | Not listed |
| EEijirô KawaiNot listed | Not listed |
| EEmiko TobaNot listed | Not listed |
| MMichiyo YoshimotoInfant | Infant |