A Japanese Tragedy

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A Japanese Tragedy (1953)

Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

Drama · 1h 56m

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 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

Crew

Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Screenplay
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Kusuda
Original Music Composer
Chūji Kinoshita
Editor
Yoshi Sugihara
Producer
Ryōtarō Kuwata, Takashi Koide

Details

Original title
日本の悲劇
Release date
1953-06-17
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Shochiku