A Japanese Tragedy
日本の悲劇
Release: 1953-06-17
·Runtime: 116m
·★ 5.3
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Teiji Takahashi
as Sato
Yōko Katsuragi
as Haruko's daughter
Fujio Suga
as Fujita
Eijirō Yanagi
as Iwami
Yoshino Tani
Yūko Mochizuki
as Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada
as Tatsuya
Sanae Takasugi
as Mrs. Akazawa
Shinichi Himori
Jun Tatara
Masami Taura
as Haruko's son
Tokuji Kobayashi
Ken Uehara
as Masayuki Akazawa
Keiko Awaji
as Wakamaru, a geisha
Tanie Kitabayashi
as Ichizo's wife
Ryōko Mizuki
Tomio Aoki
