Haruko Sugimura

as Shige Kaneko

as Masa Taguchi

as Madame (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

as Kin, the madam

as Tomoko Sakuma

as Kikue Haraguchi

as Tami Yabe

as Oyoshi

as Shigeko Takeuchi

as Katou Shige

as Tamako Tamura

as Madame Noge

as Princess Yen-chun

as Tsuru

as Matsu Murata

as Kin

as Someka

as Otoko's Mother

as Masao's mother

as Mother

as Setsu

as Oshin

as Narrator

as Yoko Morimoto

as Oshin

as Narrator (voice)

as Itsuki's stepmother

as School master's wife

as Taromaru

as Fusako Osone

as Kayo Tani

as Suga Ono

as Self

as Aki

as Kono Kujirai

as Marieda Matsushima

as Oroku

as Otome, the mother

as Moyo Sugita

as Kafu's Mother

as Yoshie

as Okuma

as Tokie

as Koyabu

as Pickpocket Haruko

as Fusa Yoshino

as Osone

as Ine's Mother

as Hatsu Mimura

as Self

as Vaidehi

as Chikako

as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)

as Midwife Yae

as Ikegami Rie

as Ayako

as Taka

as Fukunaga's mother Yuki

as Oritsu

as Tamiyo

as Raku Kamioka

as Osai

as Mother-in-Law