Cast

• Ken Takakura
  Ken Takakura
  , born , is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles.Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka...
  
  : Eiji Mikami
• Chieko Baisho
  Chieko Baisho
  is a Japanese actress and singer.In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series . In addition, she has acted in most films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s...
  
  : Kiriko (1979) Michio
• Ayumi Ishida: Naoko Mikami (1968)
• Setsuko Karasuma
  Setsuko Karasuma
  is an actress and model born on 3 February 1955 in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She attended Chukyo University, but left before finishing. She is employed by the From First Production talent agency. Karasuma made her debut as a Clarion Girl in 1980, moving quickly into the gravure idol scene...
  
  : Suzuko Yoshimatsu (1976)
• Kai Ato
  Kai Ato
  is a male Japanese actor and TV presenter. His real name is , and his former stage name was using different kanji characters.-History:As a kid, Atō was a baseball player in his hometown...
  
  : Ryosuke Honjo
• Yu Fujiki: Ichiro Mikami
• Akihiko Hirata
  Akihiko Hirata
  was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies , he is most well known for his work in the kaiju genre, including such films as King Kong vs. Godzilla, The Mysterians, and his most famous role of Dr...
  
  
• Ryo Ikebe
  Ryō Ikebe
  was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s...
  
  : Chief Nakagawa
• Ken Iwabuchi: Yoshitaka Mikami
• Tanie Kitabayashi: Masayo Mikami
• Yuko Kotegawa: Fuyuko Mikami
• Sachiko Murase: Ryosuke's mother
• Hideo Murota: Shigeru Morioka
• Toshiyuki Nagashima: Michio Mikami
• Akira Nagoya: Takada
• Jinpachi Nezu
  Jinpachi Nezu
  is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in 56 films and television shows since 1974. He starred in the 1982 film Farewell to the Land, which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Kagemusha...
  
  : Goro Yoshimatsu
• Junkichi Orimoto
• Hideji Otaki: Aiba
• Kei Sato
• Tetsuya Takeda
• Kunie Tanaka
  Kunie Tanaka
  is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro and The Bad Sleep Well and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993.-Selected filmography:*Minna no Ie aka...
  
  : Sugawara
• Minori Terada: Chikaraishi
• Ryudo Uzaki: Yukio Kinoshita
• Masako Yagi: Aiba's wife

Awards and nominations

• Won: Best Picture
• Won: Best Screenplay
  Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Sou Kuramoto
• Won: Best Actor
  Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Ken Takakura
  Ken Takakura
  , born , is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles.Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka...
  
  
• Won: Best Music - Ryudo Uzaki
• Won: Best Sound Recording - Nobuyuki Tanaka
  Nobuyuki Tanaka
  Nobuyuki Tanaka is an economic botanist at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, the Makino Botanical Garden in Kōchi prefecture, Japan and the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute , Japan....
  
  
• Nominated: Best Director
  Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Yasuo Furuhata
  Yasuo Furuhata
  Yasuo Furuhata is a Japanese film director. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for Poppoya.-Filmography:* Eki * Izakaya Chōji...
  
  
• Nominated: Best Actress
  Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Chieko Baishō
  Chieko Baisho
  is a Japanese actress and singer.In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series . In addition, she has acted in most films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s...
  
  
• Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ryudo Uzaki
• Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ayumi Ishida and Setsuko Karasuma
  Setsuko Karasuma
  is an actress and model born on 3 February 1955 in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She attended Chukyo University, but left before finishing. She is employed by the From First Production talent agency. Karasuma made her debut as a Clarion Girl in 1980, moving quickly into the gravure idol scene...
  
  
• Nominated: Best Cinematography - Daisaku Kimura
  Daisaku Kimura
  is a Japanese film director and cinematographer. He won the award for best director at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Mt. Tsurugidake.-References:...
  
  
• Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Hideki Mochizuki
• Nominated: Best Art Direction - Yukio Higuchi