• 
  Hirokazu Koreeda

  regizor

• 
  Hirokazu Koreeda

  scenarist

• 
  Yûya Yagira

  Akira
• 
  Ayu Kitaura

  Kyoko
• 
  Susumu Terajima

  Baseball coach
• 
  Ken'ichi Endô

  Pachinko Parlor Employee
• 
  Kazuyoshi Kushida

  Yoshinaga, The Landlord
• 
  Yuichi Kimura

  Sugihara (Taxi Driver)

• 
  Sei Hiraizumi

  Mini-market Manager
• 
  You

  Keiko, the mother
• 
  Ryô Kase

  Mini-market Employee
• 
  Yukiko Okamoto

  Eriko Yoshinaga
• 
  Hanae Kan

  Saki
• 
  Kazuyoshi Kushida

  Yoshinaga, The Landlord
• 
  Hiei Kimura

  Shigeru

• 
  Momoko Shimizu

  Yuki
• 
  Takako Tate

  Mini-market teller