A Japanese Tragedy

Jun 17, 1953

1h 56m

★ 5.6

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Haruko Inoue

Yūko Mochizuki

Tatsuya

Keiji Sada

Sato

Teiji Takahashi

Haruko's daughter

Yōko Katsuragi

Mrs. Akazawa

Sanae Takasugi

Masayuki Akazawa

Ken Uehara

Wakamaru, a geisha

Keiko Awaji

Shinichi Himori

Fujita

Fujio Suga

Ichizo's wife

Tanie Kitabayashi

Jun Tatara

Haruko's son

Masami Taura

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