Film
A Japanese Tragedy
1953 · 1h 56m · Drama
- IMDb
- 7.4
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Overview
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
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Cast
Yūko Mochizuki
Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada
Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi
Sato
Yōko Katsuragi
Haruko's daughter
Sanae Takasugi
Mrs. Akazawa
Ken Uehara
Masayuki Akazawa
Keiko Awaji
Wakamaru, a geisha
Shinichi Himori
Fujio Suga
Fujita
Tanie Kitabayashi
Ichizo's wife
Jun Tatara
Masami Taura
Haruko's son
Eijirō Yanagi
Iwami
Tokuji Kobayashi
Ryōko Mizuki
Toshiko Yabuki
Crew
- Keisuke KinoshitaScreenplay · Director
- Ryōtarō KuwataProducer
- Takashi KoideProducer
- Hiroshi KusudaDirector of Photography
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshi SugiharaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 17, 1953
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama
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