While many actors reappear throughout the series in confusingly similar but different roles, here Nijiko Kiyokawa makes her final appearance as Otaka oyabun, another respected woman yakuza boss. Along with Tomisaburô Wakayama as Torakichi Kumasaka and Sumiko Fuji as the titular character, she is the only performer to reappear consistently through the series run as the same character.