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A Japanese Tragedy
Release Date: June 17, 1953
| Year | : | 1953 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Shochiku Co., Ltd. |
| Director | : | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Producers | : | Takashi Koide, Ryôtarô Kuwata |
| Writers | : | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| RunTime | : | 116 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Keiji Sada
Character : Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi
Character : Sato
Yôko Katsuragi
Character : Haruko's daughter
Sanae Takasugi
Character : Mrs. Akazawa
Yūko Mochizuki
Character : Haruko Inoue
Ken Uehara
Character : Masayuki Akazawa
Keiko Awaji
Character : Wakamaru, a geisha
Shinichi Himori
Character :
Fujio Suga
Character : Fujita
Tanie Kitabayashi
Character : Ichizo's wife
Jun Tatara
Character :
Masami Taura
Character : Haruko's son
Eijirō Yanagi
Character : Iwami
Tokuji Kobayashi
Character :
Ryōko Mizuki
Character :
Toshiko Yabuki
Character :
Kunio Teshirogi
Character :
Tazuko Kusaka
Character :
Norikazu Takeda
Character :
Tomio Aoki
Character :
Tatsuo Nagai
Character :
Keiko Enami
Character :
Yôshirô Kusakari
Character : Ichizo's son
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