A Japanese Tragedy

(1953)

Original Title: 日本の悲劇

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Synopsis

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.

Rating

IMDB 7.4

Genres

Drama

Runtime

1h 56min

Production country

Japan

Director

Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast

Yūko Mochizuki
Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada
Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi
Sato
Yôko 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
Kunio Teshirogi
Tazuko Kusaka
Norikazu Takeda
Tomio Aoki
Keiko Enami
Yôshirô Kusakari
Ichizo's son
Yoshino Tani
Hideaki Nagai