In the end of Meiji era, Takei Chiyo was born in a poor family in Osaka, and was sent to a theatre tea room as a servant when she was 9 years old. There, she was attracted by the world of theatre comedy. She grows up to be an actor and marries to Amami Ippei , but the war broke out and she was forced to stay away from acting for a while. However, when she comes back again, her acting in a radio drama impresses many people and makes herself one of the leading actors in western Japan.
as Takei Chiyo
as Okada Shizu ["Okayasu" owner]
as Takei Kuriko
as Amami Ippei [Takei Chiyo's husband]
as Takei Sae [Takei Chiyo's mother]
as Takamine Ruriko (Member)
as Yamamura Chidori ("Yamamura Chidori Ichiza" Chairman)
as Takashiro Yuriko (Actress)
as Yuu (Ippei's mother)
as Nagasawa Makoto
as Takei Yoshio [Takei Chiyo's younger brother]
as Takei Teruo [Takei Chiyo's father]
as Okada Sosuke ["Okayasu" owner]
as Okada Mitsue [Okada Shizu & Okada Sosuke's daughter]
as Setsuko ["Okayasu" Server]
as Fujiko ["Okayasu" Server]
as Tomikawa Kiku ["Fukutomi" owner]
as Suganoya Sennosuke ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Suganoya Hyakkuri ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Matsushima Kanji ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Machida Yoshimi ["Tsurukame" actress]
as Suganoya Mantaro
as Miyamoto Kiyoshi (Cafe "Kinema" Owner)
as Uno Mari (Cafe "Kinema" Waitress)
as Wakasaki Yoko (Cafe "Kinema" Waitress)
as Yabuuchi Kiyoko ("Yamamura Chidori Ichiza" Member)
as Kogure Shinji (Assistant Director)
as Katagane Heihachi / Katakin (Director)
as Mika Honda [actress]
as Hanaguruma Ataro [Comedian]
as Takei Chiyo [Young] / Mizuno Haruko
as Takei Yoshio [Young]
as Okada Mitsue [Young]
as Okada Hana [Okada Shizu's mother]
as Kame ["Okayasu" Head Server]
as Tama ["Okayasu" Server]
as Tomikawa Fukumitsu (Tomikawa Kiku's husband)
as Okada Shizu (young)
as Tomikawa Fukusuke (Tomikawa Kiku's son)
as Tomikawa Fukusuke (young)
as Amami Ippei (young)
as Amami Tenkai (Amami Ippei's father)
as Kumada ["Tsurugame" employee]
as Suganoya Banzai
as Oyama Tsuruzo (President "Tsurukame")
as Oyamada Masanori ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Suganoya Appare ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Suganoya Tokkuri ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Urushibara Yojiro ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Ishida Kaori ["Tsurukame" actress]
as Moriya ("Tsurukame"Security Guard)
as Kouji Sakamoto [eldest son, Kometarou Yaku]
as Tsubaki ["Fukutomi" server]
as Botan ["Fukutomi" server]
as Ayame ["Fukutomi" server]
as Yoshio [customer]
as Tomoko Asahina ["Tsurukame" actress]
as Junko [Cafe "Kinema" Waitress]
as Kyoko [Cafe "Kinema" Waitress]
as Mizuta [Cafe "Kinema" customer]
as Toyama Yayoi (actress)
as [Actress]
as Higuchi Senichi (director)
as Kimura
as Negishi Keiko / Otsuko [actress]
as Hikoya
as [ farmer's daughter-in-law]
as [Photographer]
as Kikunoya's landlady
as Kobayashi Tatsuo (head of the Kobayashi family)
as Kobayashi Kimi (Kobayashi Tatsuo's wife)
as Kobayashi Ume (Kobayashi Tatsuo's mother)
as Kobayashi Katsuta (Kobayashi Tatsuo's son)
as Kobayashi Katsuji (Kobayashi Tatsuo's son)
as Kobayashi Katsuzo (Kobayashi Tatsuo's son)
as Tamai (teacher at Takei Chie Elementary School)
as Minegishi (president of the glass factory)
as [local resident]
as Kojiro (head of the beggars of the Dotonbori district)
as [old man]
as Susumu Kuroki [fraudster]
as Shintaro (Wakasaki Yoko's son)
as Zamoto
as George Honda (director)
as Murakawa Shigeru [director]
as Takase Hyakusanosuke ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Ikeuchi (assistant director)
as Yanagi Tatsuko [head of the beauty department]
as Kotake Eiichi ["Tsurukame" actor]
as Takinogawa Megumi [actress]
as [Shimizui's husband, patron of Okayasu]
as [reporter magazine "Drama Monthly"]
as Tokutaka Araki [police]
as Hayashida Shintaro [NHK announcer]
