Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.
Okatsu
Yukichi
Ichita
Osan
Sannosuke
Jiro
Kumagoro
Gen-san
Man in Coat
Constable
Old Man
Constable
Strange Man
Merchant
Izakaya Owner
Fortune-teller
Landlord