A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

116 mins | Drama | June 17, 1953

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.

A Japanese Tragedy

116 mins | Drama | June 17, 1953

A Japanese Tragedy
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 日本の悲劇
Directors Yoshiro Kawazu, Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast

Yūko Mochizuki

as Haruko Inoue

Keiji Sada

as Tatsuya

Teiji Takahashi

as Sato

Yôko Katsuragi

as Haruko's daughter

Sanae Takasugi

as Mrs. Akazawa

Ken Uehara

as Masayuki Akazawa

Keiko Awaji

as Wakamaru, a geisha

Fujio Suga

as Fujita

Tanie Kitabayashi

as Ichizo's wife

Masami Taura

as Haruko's son

Eijirō Yanagi

as Iwami

Yôshirô Kusakari

as Ichizo's son