The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
笠智衆
as Shukichi Hirayama
東山千栄子
as Tomi Hirayama
原節子
as Noriko Hirayama
杉村春子
as Shige Kaneko
山村聰
as Koichi Hirayama
三宅邦子
as Fumiko Hirayama
香川京子
as Kyoko Hirayama
東野英治郎
as Numata
中村伸郎
as Kurazo Kaneko
大坂志郎
as Keizo Hirayama
十朱久雄
as Osamu Hattori
長岡輝子
as Yone Hattori
