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A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

JUN 17, 1953 · 116 MIN · DIR. KEISUKE KINOSHITA

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.

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

Crew

Screenplay

Keisuke Kinoshita

Director of Photography

Hiroshi Kusuda

Editor

Yoshi Sugihara

Original Music Composer

Chūji Kinoshita

Producer

Ryōtarō Kuwata

Producer

Takashi Koide