A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy (1953)

5.8 116 min Movie
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.

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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

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