Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exactly that--refusing to utter a word. The boys' silence ultimately puts the whole neighborhood into turmoil.

Keiji Sada
as Heiichiro Fukui

Yoshiko Kuga
as Setsuko Arita

Chishū Ryū
as Keitaro Hayashi

Kuniko Miyake
as Tamiko Hayashi

Haruko Sugimura
as Kikue Haraguchi

Kōji Shitara
as Minoru Hayashi

Masahiko Shimazu
as Isamu Hayashi

Kyōko Izumi
as Midori Maruyama

Taiji Tonoyama
as Pushy Man

Toyo Takahashi
as Shige Okubo