A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy (1953)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1953-06-17
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 56min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
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Summary

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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  • 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

    as
  • Fujio Suga

    as Fujita
  • Tanie Kitabayashi

    as Ichizo's wife
  • Jun Tatara

    as
  • Masami Taura

    as Haruko's son
  • Eijirō Yanagi

    as Iwami
  • Tokuji Kobayashi

    as
  • Ryōko Mizuki

    as
  • Toshiko Yabuki

    as
  • Kunio Teshirogi

    as
  • Tazuko Kusaka

    as
  • Norikazu Takeda

    as
  • Tomio Aoki

    as
  • Keiko Enami

    as
  • Yôshirô Kusakari

    as Ichizo's son
  • Yoshino Tani

    as
  • Hideaki Nagai

    as
Writing Keisuke Kinoshita Screenplay
Sound Hisao Ōno Sound Recordist
Editing Yoshi Sugihara Editor
Lighting Ryozo Toyoshima Lighting Technician
Production Ryōtarō Kuwata Producer
Directing Keisuke Kinoshita Director
Production Takashi Koide Producer
Art Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
Sound Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer
Directing Yoshiro Kawazu Assistant Director
Camera Hiroshi Kusuda Director of Photography

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