"After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife."
Ken Takakura
as Go Akutsu
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Tae Makimura
Tomokazu Miura
as Senta Naruse
Naoko Ohtani
as Kayoko
Hiroko Isayama
as Oren
Kyoko Aoki
as
Susumu Fujita
Masakazu Kuwayama
Nenji Kobayashi
Eishin Tono
Hatsuo Yamaya
Kazuo Kitamura
Takeo Namai
Kazuo Katō
Akiji Kobayashi
Kōen Okumura
Masanobu Ōkubo
Yūsuke Takita
Sumio Tomikawa
Shogen Nitta
Imari Tsuji
Moeko Ezawa
Junnosuke Hiramitsu
as Narrator (voice)
Eitarō Ozawa
Hideji Ōtaki
Chishū Ryū
as Saiji Akutsu
Hisaya Morishige
as Gensuke Kishida
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Michio Morioka
Daisaku Kimura
Director of Photography
Michiko Ikeda
Editor
Shirō Moritani
Screenplay
Yoshirō Muraki
Set Designer
Juichi Tanaka
Director
Toshirō Ide
Kôsetsu Minami
Music
Takashi Iwakawa
Original Story