A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

1953•1h 56m•5.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.3/10(15)

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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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yūko Mochizuki

Yūko Mochizuki

Haruko Inoue

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Tatsuya

Teiji Takahashi

Teiji Takahashi

Sato

Yōko Katsuragi

Yōko Katsuragi

Haruko's daughter

Sanae Takasugi

Sanae Takasugi

Mrs. Akazawa

Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

Masayuki Akazawa

Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Wakamaru, a geisha

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Fujita

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Ichizo's wife

Jun Tatara

Jun Tatara

Masami Taura

Masami Taura

Haruko's son

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Iwami

Tokuji Kobayashi

Tokuji Kobayashi

Ryōko Mizuki

Ryōko Mizuki

Toshiko Yabuki

Kunio Teshirogi

Tazuko Kusaka

Norikazu Takeda

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

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