Ballad of a Workman

Hideko Takamine

Torae Nonaka

Keiji Sada

Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband

Yoshiko Kuga

Chiyo

Chieko Baisho

Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend

Toyozō Yamamoto

Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son

Kiyoshi Nonomura

Mr. Mochizuki

Kin Sugai

Mrs. Mochizuki

Teruko Kishi

Yoshio's mother

Toranosuke Ogawa

Yoshio's father

Takeshi Sakamoto

Nobuo Takagi

Ippei Souda

Tsutomu Niijima

Yôji Doki

Torahiko Hamada

Chieko Misaki

Mitsuyo Mizushima

Mariko Aoyama

Yachiyo Ōhashi