Yasujirō Ozu
Chōko Iida, Hōhi Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Chishū Ryū, Eitarō Ozawa, Reikichi Kawamura, Hideko Mimura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Eiko Takamatsu, Taiji Tonoyama, Seiji Nishimura, Yoshino Tani
Personatges d’origen humil: la vella Otane, a qui tots consulten, i el petit Kohei, orfe i sense amics.
