Masao Inoue

Division Commander, Lt. General Takefumi Ueyama

Emiko Yagumo

Fumiko Ueyama (daughter)

Hidemaru Handa

Takeo Ueyama (son, first chapter)

Reikichi Kawamura

Masaru Sakurai (Adjutant)

Eiji Oshimoto

Jinzo Kanda (orderly)

Yoshiko Kawada

Yasueda (orderly's wife)

Shoichi Kofujita

Jinichi Kanda (orderly's son, first chapter)

Yukichi Iwata

Secretary Taiji Watanabe

Hideo Fujino

Zenkichi Kurata (businessman)

Chitose Hayashi

Takako (businessman's wife)

Jun Arai

Teacher

Atsushi Watanabe

President

Tokuji Kobayashi

Employee

Shintarô Takiguchi

Takeo Ueyama (son, second chapter)

Fumio Tooyama

Jinichi Kanda (orderly's son, second chapter)

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Tetsuko Sakurai (Adjudant's wife)

Yoko Kozakura

Yayoi Sakurai (daughter)

Yukichi Iwata

Taiji Watanabe

Hikaru Yamanouchi

Masaru (son, as an adult)

Mitsuko Takao

Sayoko (Zenkichi's daughter – actually Watanabe's child)

Fusako Fujita

Taeko (Zenkichi's daughter)

Ichiro Yuki

Takeo Takefumi (Shōwa chapter)

Denmei Suzuki

Jinichi Kanda (Shōwa chapter)

Kinuyo Tanaka

Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa chapter)

Yukiko Tsukuba

Sayoko (Shōwa chapter)

Shizue Tatsuta

Taeko (Shōwa chapter)