
A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Sentaro Takikawa

Kan'emon Nakamura
Hikotaro

Isuzu Yamada
Osaki

Sachiko Chiba
Yoshie Todo

Hideko Takamine
Otsu

Tamae Kiyokawa
Omasa
Sukezō Sukedakaya
Hikobei
Tsuruzo Nakamura
Tokubei
Kosaburō Tachibana
Toma Yasuda
Sensho Ichikawa
Kyohei Matsunaga
Yoshizaburo Arashi
Kiemon Yanagiya
Toshio Arashi
Minoru Bando
Toshimaro Yoshida
Chōemon Bandō
Teizo Miyabe
Ebizaburo Ichikawa