My Voiceless Friends

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi
渥美清

Tamiji Nishiyama

Michiko Araki
荒木道子

Etsuko Ichihara
市原悦子

Shinjirō Ehara
江原真二郎

Mayumi Ogawa
小川眞由美

Hideji Ōtaki
大滝秀治

Junkichi Orimoto
織本順吉

Yoshi Katō
加藤嘉

Dai Kanai
金井大

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