Narrator
Screenwriter
Main Role
- Suzuki KyokaUjiie MachikoMain Role
- Kurata TetsuoGomiya HarukiMain Role
Support Role
- Fuse HiroshiHamaguchi Katsunori [Machiko's husband]Support Role
- Kato HarukoHamaguchi Tokue [Katsunori's mother/Machiko's mother-in-law]]Support Role
- Ishida AyumiOnose Aya [Machiko and Haruki's friend]Support Role
- Furutachi IchiroHonma Sadahiko [Machiko and Haruki's friend]Support Role
- Sato TomomiMimura Ranko [Woman at night]Support Role
- Kosaka KazuyaMimura Reiji [Ranko's husband]Support Role
- Kawai MichikoIshigami Kozue [Woman at night]Support Role
- Hashizume Isao Support Role
- Nakahara HitomiKaseda Kishieda [Shuzo's wife]Support Role
- Hada MichikoKaseda Kazuko [Shuzo and Kishieda's daughter]Support Role
- Ueda ShunFujikoSupport Role
- Shishido KaiIwama Denji / Soejima Denji [Yakuza at the black market]Support Role
- Isayama HirokoMarie [Woman at night]Support Role
- Kato TakeshiNagahashi [Katsunori's boss]Support Role
- Takada ToshieNagahashi Kiyoko [Nagahashi's wife]Support Role
- Kiki KirinFukano Ryuko [Landlady at downtown]Support Role
- DendenKanno TetsujiSupport Role
- Suzuki Seijun[Chief priest]Support Role
- Kanie KeizoTahira Ryosaku [Tax office staff, Sadahiko's colleague]Support Role
- Osawa MikioKimura Goro [University student]Support Role
- Tomita Kotaro[Machiko's father who died during Tokyo bombing]Support Role
- Izumi Yoshiko[Machiko's mother who died during Tokyo bombing]Support Role
- Toyota MahoKiyomiya Yoshiko [Katsunori's second fiancée] / Hamaguchi YoshikoSupport Role
- Inagaki MihokoKiyomiya Tsuruko [Yoshiko's mother]Support Role
- Murata TakehiroSuenaga Yasushi [Haruki's senior during college]Support Role
- Tsukada KiyomiSuenaga Makiko [Yasushi's wife]Support Role
- Takashina KakuMatsuyoshiSupport Role
- Kou DomonSaburoSupport Role
- Saotome AiNozoe Kinko [Sadahiko's friend, Kanji's affair partner]Support Role
- Shishido JoeSumikura Kanji [Machiko's uncle]Support Role
- Sasaki SumieSumikura Nobue [Machiko's aunt]Support Role
- Inoue KoYoneo [Kakukan employee]Support Role
- Nakano HideoSutematsuSupport Role
- Tanaka YoshikoNishizaki Yukie [Haruki's sister]Support Role
- Hirata MitsuruMizusawa Kengo [Yukie's friend]Support Role
- Sugimoto AyaTomura Nami [Kengo's wife]Support Role
- Kobayashi ToshieMizusawa Fusa [Kengo's mother]Support Role
- Moriyama ShuichiroNishizaki [Yukie's step-father]Support Role
- Tsuruta Shinobu Support Role
- Yokoyama AkioZenkichi [Nagashima's tavern owner]Support Role
- Kaneda RyunosukeTenma Testutarou [Roman Times editor-in-chief]Support Role
- Miki RyosukeSugaya Hiroshi [Tenma and Michiyo's only child]Support Role
- Adachi YumiKishikoSupport Role
- Hoshino MariMiyokoSupport Role
- Kitaro[Sukiyabashi police officer]Support Role
- Oshima Yoko Support Role
- Tadano Akko Support Role
- Ogawa Kyoko Support Role
Guest Role
- Yamaguchi Akifumi(Ep. 19-20, 22, 27, 33, 35, 38, 40-41, 43)Guest Role
- Kanazawa Kikuko[Waitress] (Ep. 30-31, 34, 39)Guest Role
- Tamura Motoharu[Magazine seller] (Ep. 31)Guest Role
- Abe Wataru(Ep. 51)Guest Role
- Uemura Hiroki(Ep. 282, 283, 286, 293, 295, 306)Guest Role
- Abe Mitsuko(Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Minowa Yuki(Ep. 205, 209, 211-221, 222, 231, 233)Guest Role
- Kubo Michiko(Ep. 157, 161)Guest Role
- Ishiguro Masao(Ep. 20)Guest Role
- Harunobe Tomoya(Ep. 76)Guest Role
Unknown
- Fujii Kayoko Unknown
- Mita Atsuko Unknown
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