as Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

as Fumiko Inoue

as Ayako

as Aunt Gerda (voice)

as 妻むら

as 菊五郎夫人

as 女房おくら

as Motoko's mother

as Yoko and Aiko's mother

as Rieko Hirayama, the mother

as Reikichi's mother

as Narrator (voice)

as Yasuko's mother

as Teruko, granddaughter of Kikuchi

as Mrs. Minowa

as Yoshiko Aoki

as Shima

as Osumi

as Omura

as Michiko Hamada

as Teacher Hashimoto

as Otami

as Kinue

as 道代（後に折枝）

as Fusako Kobayashi

as Mrs. Natori

as Kiyoko Murata

as Ôishi Sensei no Haha

as Osome

as お京

as Okane Sawaiya

as その妹お糸

as Takiko Shima

as 照子の妹