Hisaya Morishige

Hikoichi, the old fisherman, aka 'Mr Watchman'

Mitsuko Kusabue

Katsu, his wife

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Yakichi, their son

Jun Funato

Kenzo, another son

Yôko Tsukasa

Sasko Kanamori

Masao Oda

Kô Nishimura

Ryûtarô Nagai

Hiroyuki Ôta

Jun Hamamura

Seiji Hisamatsu

director, writer

Yukio Ashikawa

writer

Matsuaki Saegusa

writer

Kazuo Takimura

producer

Ikuma Dan

composer

Seiichi Endô

cinematographer

Takeo Kita

production designer