26 Aug 1950
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Top Billed Cast
原田美枝子 Terue Yamaoka
野波麻帆 Migusa Yamaoka
中井貴一 Fumio Chin
小日向文世 On
熊谷真実 Wang Hatsu
國村隼 Saburo Wachi
西田尚美 Chizuru Sakai
うじきつよし Takenori Wachi
モロ師岡 Takehito Nakajima
Ai Koinuma Terue (Age 5)
Yūki Ushijima Terue (Age 10)
浅川稚広 Terue (Age 15)
Maggy Shiro 
中村有志 Shuji Katakura
新村礼子 Ryoko Imayoshi Sachiko Murata
佐藤正宏 
花王おさむ 
大山うさぎ Hiroshi Maeda Takenori (Age 4)
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