Takashi Shimura

as Chief Goro Ishida

Shōji Kiyokawa

as Soichi Yoshikawa, Chief of General Affairs Section

Ichirō Sugai

as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section

Takako Irie

as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yôko Yaguchi

as Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers

Sayuri Tanima

as Yuriko Tanimura, vice president of women workers

Sachiko Ozaki

as Sachiko Yamazaki

Shizuko Nishigaki

as Fusae Nishioka