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.
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Writing | Shūgorō Yamamoto | Novel |
| Writing | Yo Takeyama | Writer |
| Writing | Natto Wada | Writer |
| Sound | Ryudo Uzaki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yukio Isohata | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Production Design |
| Sound | Teiichi Saitô | Sound |
| Lighting | Kazuo Shimomura | Gaffer |
| Editing | Chizuko Osada | Editor |