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.
Cast
Hideko Takamine
Ine Onoda
Chieko Takehisa
Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
Kamatari Fujiwara
Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
Kaoru Futaba
Ei, Ine's grandmother
Takeshi Hirata
Toyokazu Onoda, Ine's older brother
Toshio Hosoi
Kinjiro Onoda, Ine's younger brother
Setsuko Ichikawa
Tsuru Onoda, Ine's little sister
Sadao Maruyama
Master Yamashita, the teacher
Sadako Sawamura
Kikuko Yamashita
Yoshio Kosugi
Zenzo Sakuma
Tsuruko Mano
Mrs. Sakuma
Ayako Matsuoka
Their daughter
Sōji Kiyokawa
Mr. Sakamoto
Jun Masaki
Horse buyer
Tokiichiro Osaki
Horse Buyer
Ko Yamamuro
Horse Seller
Yōji Misaki
Horse Seller
Shinsuke Namiki
Horse Seller
Shunjûrô Sawamura
Prayer
Kyokuyo Tamai
Community Leader
Takashi Narita
Young Man
Hiroshi Yanagiya
Young Man
Crew
Kajirō Yamamoto
Director, Writer
Akira Kurosawa
Writer, Assistant Director
Toshio Goto
Editor
Akira Mimura
Director of Photography
Hiromitsu Karasawa
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Suzuki
Director of Photography
Takeo Itō
Director of Photography
Nobuyoshi Morita
Executive Producer
Takashi Matsuyama
Production Design
Tomohisa Higuchi
Sound Recordist
Masaki Ônuma
Lighting Technician
Shigeaki Kitamura
Original Music Composer
