"After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords."
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro / Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu
Ineko Arima
as Maki, Shuzo's wife
Satomi Oka
as Fuji
Kyôko Kishida
as Lady Hagi
Misako Watanabe
as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
Yoshiko Mita
as Kyoko Hitomi
Yoshi Katō
as Takahiro Hori
Kei Satō
as Saburobei Konoe
Masao Oda
as Gohei
Eijirō Yanagi
as Gonnosuke Shizuta
Shinjirō Ehara
as Shibiku-Shosuke Yasutaka Hori
Isao Kimura
as Hirotaro Iguchi
Eijirō Tōno
as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Masayuki Mori
as Lord Tambanokami Munemasa Hori
Takeshi Katō
as
Kusuo Abe
Harue Akagi
Kikko Matsuoka
as Sato, Shuzo's daughter
Ushio Akashi
as Chief retainer
Yoshirō Aoki
as Vassal
Michiko Araki
as Shigeno, Kyutaro's mother
Emiko Azuma
as Hori Tamba's wife
Akira Hanagami
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Minken Karasawa
Nobuo Kawai
as Shimoda
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Tsukie Matsuura
as Old Woman
Masahiko Naruse
as Okitomo Tamuna
Yukio Ninagawa
as Kamikaze pilot
Kō Nishimura
as Yamaoka
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Executive Kihara
Yūzaburō Sakaguchi
Seishiro Sawamura
as Shichisaburo
Miki Shimamura
as Jyujiro
Kinjirô Tooyama
Shunya Wazaki
Kei Yamamoto
as Kazuma Noda
Midori Yamamoto
as Hatsuko
Ryuji Kita
as Kitazawa
Tadashi Imai
Director
Makoto Tsudoi
Director of Photography
Norio Nanjō
Story
Naoyuki Suzuki
Writer
Yoshikata Yoda
Kōsaku Yamashita
Assistant Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer