A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
Kozaburo YoshimuraDirector
Keizaburo
Ichinosuke
Onatsu
Gonzaemon Hoshino
Takino
Aya
Yoshitaro
Shinya
Tennojiya
Genroku
Hostess
Kadomatsu, seller
Shokichi, samurai's servant
Otake
Nihei
