| 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. |
