Filmmakers
Above the lineAK
Director
Akira Kurosawa
SH
Screenplay
Shinobu Hashimoto
AK
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
HO
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
AN
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
AK
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
FH
Music
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Cast
62TS
Takashi Shimura
Kanji Watanabe
HT
Haruo Tanaka
Sakai
NK
Nobuo Kaneko
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
BH
Bokuzen Hidari
Ohara
MO
Miki Odagiri
Toyo
SH
Shinichi Himori
Kimura
MC
Minoru Chiaki
Noguchi
MY
Minosuke Yamada
Subordinate Clerk Saito
KF
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sub-Section Chief Ono
MK
Makoto Kobori
Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother
NN
Nobuo Nakamura
Deputy Mayor
AW
Atsushi Watanabe
Patient
IK
Isao Kimura
Intern
MS
Masao Shimizu
Doctor
YI
Yūnosuke Itō
Novelist
YM
Yoshie Minami
The Maid
KU
Kumeko Urabe
Tatsu Watanabe
EM
Eiko Miyoshi
Housewife
NH
Noriko Honma
Housewife
YT
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Bar Hostess
KS
Kin Sugai
Housewife
KS
Kyôko Seki
Kazue Watanabe
KA
Kusuo Abe
City Assemblyman
TN
Tomo'o Nagai
Newspaperman
SM
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yakuza Boss
DK
Daisuke Katō
Yakuza
HH
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yakuza
FM
Fuyuki Murakami
Newspaperman
HA
Hirayoshi Aono
Newspaperman
TO
Toranosuke Ogawa
Park Section Chief
AS
Akira Sera
Worker in General Affairs
IC
Ichirō Chiba
Policeman
AT
Akira Tani
Bar Owner
YK
Yōyō Kojima
Worker in Sewage Section
TI
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Pianist
HK
Harue Kuramoto
Dancer
RS
Rasa Saya
Stripper
TF
Taizō Fukami
Baseball Spectator
TK
Tateo Kawasaki
Civil Engineering Section Staff
KK
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Park Division Staff
HT
Haruko Toyama
Cabaret Woman
SS
Sachio Sakai
Yakuza (uncredited)
SH
Shōichi Hirose
Yakuza (uncredited)
KU
Kôji Uno
Yakuza (uncredited)
YI
Yaeko Izumo
Housewife (uncredited)
JM
Jirô Mitsuaki
City Hall Executive (uncredited)
SM
Sôkichi Maki
General Manager (uncredited)
HS
Haruo Suzuki
Sanitation Division Receptionist (uncredited)
TN
Takeo Nagashima
(uncredited)
KI
Kazuo Imai
(uncredited)
SK
Shigeo Katō
(uncredited)
HA
Hiroshi Akitsu
Infectious Diseases Section Receptionist Staff (uncredited)
IK
Ippei Kawagoe
Road Section Receptionist (uncredited)
MT
Mitsuo Tsuda
City Planning Receptionist (uncredited)
KS
Keiji Sakakida
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
TK
Takuzō Kumagai
Fire Department Staff (uncredited)
TK
Tsuneo Katagiri
(uncredited)
JN
Junpei Natsuki
Patient (uncredited)
HK
Hiroshi Koizumi
Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
JM
Jun'ichirō Mukai
(uncredited)
SM
Sōjirō Motoki
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
KA
Kyoko Aoyama
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Departments
5Production
- Sōjirō MotokiProducer
Sound
- Ichirô MinawaSound Effects Editor
- Hideo NishizakiSound Recordist
Art
- Akio NojimaSet Decoration
Lighting
- Shinji KojimaLighting Technician