Cast
- Ganjiro Nakamura - Komajuro (troupe leader)
- Machiko Kyō - Sumiko (his mistress)
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Kiyoshi (his son)
- Haruko Sugimura - Oyoshi (Kiyoshi's mother)
- Ayako Wakao - Kayo (younger actress)
- Hitomi Nozoe - Aiko
- Chishu Ryu - Theatre owner
- Hideo Mitsui - Kichinosuke
- Haruo Tanaka - Yatazo
- Yosuke Irie - Sugiyama
- Hikaru Hoshi - Kimura
- Mantarô Ushio - Sentaro
- Kumeko Urabe - Shige
- Toyoko Takahashi - Aiko no haha
- Mutsuko Sakura - O-Katsu
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