Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Sachiko ChibaKimiko Yamamoto | Kimiko Yamamoto |
 Yuriko HanabusaOyuki | Oyuki |
| TToshiko ItōEtsuko Yamamoto | Etsuko Yamamoto |
 Setsuko HorikoshiShizuko (Oyuki's daughter) | Shizuko (Oyuki's daughter) |
 Sadao MaruyamaShunsaku Yamamoto | Shunsaku Yamamoto |
 Heihachirō ŌkawaSeiji (Kimiko's boyfriend) | Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend) |
| KKaoru ItōKenichi (Oyuki's son) | Kenichi (Oyuki's son) |
 Kamatari FujiwaraShingo (Kimiko's uncle) | Shingo (Kimiko's uncle) |
 Chikako HosokawaShingo's wife | Shingo's wife |