Takashi Shimura

Chief Goro Ishida

Shôji Kiyokawa

Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō Sugai

Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Takako Irie

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yôko Yaguchi

Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sayuri Tanima

Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

Sachiko Ozaki

Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

Fusae Nishioka

Asako Suzuki

Asako Suzumura

Haruko Toyama

Masako Koyama

Aiko Masu

Tokiko Hiroda

Kazuko Hitomi

Kazuko Futomi

Shizuko Yamada

Hisae Yamaguchi

Itoko Kōno

Sue Okabe

Emiko Rei

Chie Shima (uncredited)

Haruko Mii

Haruko Kawai (uncredited)

Minori Toyohara

Minori Yoyota (uncredited)

Eiko Hirayama

Yoshiko Shirayama (uncredited)

Harue Yamashita

Kiyo Mishima (uncredited)

Mineko Mashiro

Mineko Bando (uncredited)

Isuzu Miyakawa

Shizue Miyazaki (uncredited)

Michiko Oikawa

Michiko Ayukawa (uncredited)

Teruko Kato

Teruko Sato (uncredited)

Akitake Kōno

Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Unpei Yokoyama

Dormitory worker (uncredited)

Chieko Nakakita

Student worker (uncredited)

Koyuri Tanima

Factory worker (uncredited)