"Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale."
Hideko Takamine
as Ine Onoda
Chieko Takehisa
as Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
Kaoru Futaba
as Ei, Ine's grandmother
Takeshi Hirata
as Toyokazu Onoda, Ine's older brother
Toshio Hosoi
as Kinjiro Onoda, Ine's younger brother
Setsuko Ichikawa
as Tsuru Onoda, Ine's little sister
Sadao Maruyama
as Master Yamashita, the teacher
Sadako Sawamura
as Kikuko Yamashita
Yoshio Kosugi
as Zenzo Sakuma
Tsuruko Mano
as Mrs. Sakuma
Ayako Matsuoka
as Their daughter
Sōji Kiyokawa
as Mr. Sakamoto
Jun Masaki
as Horse buyer
Tokiichiro Osaki
as Horse Buyer
Ko Yamamuro
as Horse Seller
Yōji Misaki
Shinsuke Namiki
Shunjûrô Sawamura
as Prayer
Kyokuyo Tamai
as Community Leader
Takashi Narita
as Young Man
Hiroshi Yanagiya
Toshio Goto
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Assistant Director
Kajirō Yamamoto
Director
Writer
Takashi Matsuyama
Production Design
Nobuyoshi Morita
Executive Producer
Tomohisa Higuchi
Sound Recordist
Shigeaki Kitamura
Original Music Composer
Masaki Ônuma
Lighting Technician
Akira Mimura
Director of Photography
Hiromitsu Karasawa
Hiroshi Suzuki
Takeo Itō