A Japanese Tragedy (1953)

Name: A Japanese Tragedy
Genre: Drama
Released: 1953-06-17
Duration: 116 min
Cast: Yūko Mochizuki, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi, Yōko Katsuragi, Sanae Takasugi

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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Released 1953-06-17 · 116 min · Drama

Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast

Yūko Mochizuki as Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada as Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi as Sato
Yōko Katsuragi as Haruko's daughter
Sanae Takasugi as Mrs. Akazawa
Ken Uehara as Masayuki Akazawa
Keiko Awaji as Wakamaru, a geisha
Shinichi Himori
Fujio Suga as Fujita
Tanie Kitabayashi as Ichizo's wife
Jun Tatara
Masami Taura as Haruko's son
Eijirō Yanagi as Iwami
Tokuji Kobayashi
Ryōko Mizuki