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A Japanese Tragedy

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Calorie Rating: 163
Released: 1953-06-17
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Studios: Shochiku,


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.

Director / Directors

Yoshiro Kawazu
Assistant Director


Cast

Yūko Mochizuki
Character: Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada
Character: Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi
Character: Sato

Yōko Katsuragi
Character: Haruko's daughter
Sanae Takasugi
Character: Mrs. Akazawa
Ken Uehara
Character: Masayuki Akazawa

Keiko Awaji
Character: Wakamaru, a geisha
Fujio Suga
Character: Fujita

Tanie Kitabayashi
Character: Ichizo's wife
Masami Taura
Character: Haruko's son

Eijirō Yanagi
Character: Iwami



Yôshirô Kusakari
Character: Ichizo's son


Production and Crew

Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction

Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Hiroshi Kusuda
Director of Photography

Ryozo Toyoshima
Lighting Technician
Hisao Ōno
Sound Recordist