Hibari Misora as Midori Keiko Kishi as Omaki Mitsuko Yoshikawa as Orin, Midori's mother Zeko Nakamura as Gosuke, Midori's father Eijirō Yanagi as owner of the Daikokuya Takashi Kitahara as Shinnyo Setsuko Shinobu as Shinnyo's mother Takamaru Sasaki as Shinnyo's father Kurayoshi Nakamura as Sangoro Yūko Mochizuki as Sangoro's mother Takeshi Sakamoto as Sangoro's father Akira Hattori as Chokichi Kyū Sazanka as Tatsugoro, Chokichi's father Matsumoto Kōshirō (credited Somegorō Ichikawa) as Shōtarō Kikue Mouri as Shōtarō's grandmother Atsuko Ichinomiya as messenger Iida Chōko as Baayaotoki Isuzu Yamada as Okichi Hatae Kishi Kyū Sakamoto (uncredited)