I | | | Gohyang/Hometown |
1 | Hoonie | | Was born with cleft palate and twisted legs. |
| Yangjin | | Hoonie's wife. |
| Sunja | | Yangjin's daughter. |
2 | Fatso | | The youngest among the Chung brothers. |
| Baek Isak | | A minister. |
| Baek Joseb | | Baek's Isak's brother. |
3 | Gombo | | Fatso's eldest brother. |
| Jun | | The man who delivers coal. |
| Hirohito | | Former Emperor of Japan. |
| Bookhee | | A servant. |
| Dokhee | | Bookhee's sister. |
4 | Koh Hansu | | A fish dealer. |
7 | Chu | | A pharmacist. |
| Samoel | | Isak's eldest brother. |
8 | Kyunghee | | Joseb's wife. |
| Shin | | A Protestant pastor. |
10 | Cho | | A rice seller. |
12 | Shimamura | | Joseb's boss. |
14 | Sexton | Hu | A young Chinese man raised by Pastor Hoo. |
| Hoo | | A Pastor of Presbyterian Church. |
| Yoshikawa | | A factory manager. |
15 | Tanaka | | A butcher. |
| Koji | | A butcher's helper. |
| Junko | Bando | Sunja's identity papers. |
| Mrs. | Kim | Kyunghee's neighbor. |
17 | Okja | | The midwife. |
| Noa | Baek | Sunja's son. |
II | | | Motherhood |
1 | Mozasu | | Noa's brother. |
| Piggy | | Joseb's oldest neighbor. |
2 | Kim | Changho | A restaurant owner. |
| Okada 1 | | A Japanese pharmacist. |
4 | Nobuo | Boku | Noa's Japanese name. |
5 | Kong | | A Korean pharmacist. |
| Hoshii | | Noa's teacher. |
6 | Morimoto | | Hansu's father-in-law. |
| Haru | Morimoto | Koh Hansu's legal name. |
7 | Tamaguchi | | A farmer. |
| Kyoko 1 | | Tamaguchi's wife. |
| Ume | | One of Kyoko's sister. |
| Tako | | One of Kyoko's sister. |
9 | Kim II | Sung | The first leader of North Korea. |
| Jinah | | A Korean girl. |
10 | Hoji | | The landlord. |
| Mozasu | Boku | Mozasu's Japanese name. |
| Haruki | | Mozasu's classmate. Aka: Toto. |
| Kara | | A South Korean pop girl. |
11 | Rikidozan | | A wrestler. |
| Chiyaki | | A girl who sold socks. |
| Watanabe | | Chiyaki's grandmother's friend. |
| Goro | | The owner of Panchinko parlor. |
12 | Kayoki | | The kitchen girl. |
| Miyuki | | Goro's lady friend. |
| Daisuke | | Totoyama's son. |
| Totoyama | | Haruki's mother. |
15 | Akiko | Fumeki | Noa's classmate. |
| Kuroda | | A professor. |
16 | Okada 2 | | One of Goro's employee. |
| Yumi | | A seamstress. |
17 | John | Maryman | A reverend. |
| Cynthia | | John Maryman's mother. |
20 | Yasuda | | Hansu's driver. |
| Mieko | | Hansu's wife. |
| Chiko | | Hansu's bodyguard. |
III | | | Pachinko |
1 | Reiko | Tamura | A school teacher. |
| Bingo | | A waiter. |
| Chie | Ban | Bingo's crush. |
| Hideo | Takano | The parlor manager. |
| Ikeda | | Takano's head accountant. |
2 | Solomon | | Mozasu's son. |
3 | Noriko | | Hansu's new girl. |
4 | Ayame | | Haruki's girl friend. |
5 | Risa | Iwamura | The head filing clerk. |
| Iwamura | | Risa's mother. |
| Watsumoto | | A famous docent. |
| Koichi | | Noa's son. |
| Umeko | | Koichi's sister. aka: Ume. |
6 | Miss Edith | | Daisuke's teacher. |
7 | Tetsuo | Kimura | The boy who committed suicide. |
| Hiroshi | Noda | One of Tetsuo's classmates. |
| Kayako | Mitsuya | One of Tetsuo's classmates. |
| Etsuko | | Mozasu's new girl friend. |
9 | Hanako | | Etsuko's daughter. Aka: Hana. |
| Tatsuo | | Hana's eldest brother. |
| Mari | | Etsuko's sister. |
| Nori | | Etsuko's ex-husband. |
| Kuboda | | The floor manager. |
| Yamamoto | | A driver. |
| Ken | Hiromi | A singer. |
| Tari | | Etsuko's son. |
11 | Nigel | | One of Solomon's best friends. |
| Ajay | | One of Solomon's best friends. |
| Ichiro | | The cook. |
| Sejong | | King of Korea. |
15 | Phoebe | | Solomon's girl friend. |
16 | Louis | | Solomon's junior associate. |
| Kazu | | Solomon's boss. |
| Yamada | | Louis's Japanese aussie friend. |
| Ono | | One of the gamblers. |
| Giancarlo | | One of the gamblers. |
17 | Sonoko | Matsuda | A client. |
20 | Kyoko 2 | | A waitress. |
21 | Uchida | | The groundskeeper. |