
85 minutes
1/15/1960
A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu, personal entanglements and old company secrets surface, forcing difficult choices and quiet compromises.

Hisaya Morishige
as Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)

Keiju Kobayashi
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)

Daisuke Katō
as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)

Michiyo Aratama
as Akiko Hakoda (Secretary)

Izumi Yukimura
as Maiko Yashiro (Namikichi's wife)

Ichirō Arishima
as Taiji Ise (Section Chief)

Yoshiko Tsubouchi
as Asako Onizuka (Maiko's mother)

Chieko Naniwa
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

Eijirō Tōno
as Isuke Tsujikura (President)
Mieko Kurenai
as Yuriko Tsujikura (Isuke's daughter)

Murasaki Fujima
as Fumiko Ise (Taiji's wife)

Chisako Hara
as Masayoko Ōta (Barmaid)

Michiyo Tamaki
as Yōko (Barmaid)

Haruko Tōgō
as Nobuko Kanda (Madam)
Sen Yoda
as Ippei Kanda (Nobuko's child)

Noriko Sengoku
as Chie (Proprietress)

Kenzō Tabu
as Department Chief Ebata
Yoyo Miyata
as Branch Manager Matsuoka

Bokuzen Hidari
as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn

Yutaka Sada
Toyofumi Shamisen
Yaeko Izumo
Kôji Uno

Teruko Mita
Eiko Tachibana
Hiromi Mineoka
Hiroshi Sekita
Kamayuki Tsubono

Kiyoshi Kodama