The Kii River

Yōko Tsukasa

Shintani Hana

Shima Iwashita

Shintani Fumio, Hana's daughter

Yuki Arikawa

Hanako, Fumio's daughter

Chieko Higashiyama

Toyono, Hana's grandmother

Takahiro Tamura

Shintani Keisaku, Hana's husband

Tetsuro Tamba

Shintani Kosaku

Kiyoshi Nonomura

Shigi

Seiya Nakano

Shintani Seiichiro, Hana's son

Sanae Kitabayashi

Utae

Yasushi Nagata

Tahei

Sachiko Murase

Yasu

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Kanoda

Sadako Sawamura

Ichi, housekeeper

Matsuko Shiga

Kiyoshi

Hatae Kishi

Toku

Tsûsai Sugawara

Tazaki

Takanobu Hozumi

Ishida

Bunta Sugawara

School principal

Masuyo Iwamoto

Ume

Noboru Nakamura

Director

Sawako Ariyoshi

Novel

Eijiro Hisaita

Screenplay

Masao Shirai

Producer

Tōichirō Narushima

Director of Photography

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Chiyoo Umeda

Art Direction