Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oiwa / Osode
Ken Uehara
Tamiya Iemon
Hisako Yamane
Oume
Haruko Sugimura
Oshin
Chōko Iida
Okura
Osamu Takizawa
Naosuke Gonbei