as Taromaru

as Kin, the madam

as Masa Taguchi

as Tamako Tamura

as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

as Ayako

as Katou Shige

as Kikue Haraguchi

as Kin

as Madame Noge

as Osone

as Matsu Murata

as Someka

as Oyoshi

as Ine's Mother

as Shige Kaneko

as Tami Yabe

as Shigeko Takeuchi

as Princess Yen-chun

as Hatsu Mimura

as Tsuru

as Yoko Morimoto

as School master's wife

as Masao's mother

as Fusako Osone

as Mother

as Oshin

as Oshin

as Marieda Matsushima

as Setsu

as Oroku

as Tokie

as Self

as Otome, the mother

as Kayo Tani

as Vaidehi

as Kono Kujirai

as Moyo Sugita

as Suga Ono

as Koyabu

as Kafu's Mother

as Sonoe

as Aki

as Pickpocket Haruko

as Taka

as Fukunaga's mother Yuki

as Self

as Yoshie

as Okuma

as Chikako

as Narrator

as Itsuki's stepmother

as Fusa Yoshino

as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)

as Tomoko Sakuma

as Otoko's Mother

as Midwife Yae