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A Japanese Tragedy

Genres

Drama

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.

Details

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Runtime

116 min

Release Date

1953-06-17

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Vote Count

12

Vote Average

5.6

Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.

Yūko Mochizuki

Haruko Inoue

Keiji Sada

Tatsuya

Teiji Takahashi

Sato

Yōko 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

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