A Japanese Tragedy

IMDb 5.3 1953 116 min Drama

Director

Keisuke Kinoshita

Country

JP

Plot 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.

Top Cast

Yūko Mochizuki
Yūko Mochizuki Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada
Keiji Sada Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi
Teiji Takahashi Sato
Yōko Katsuragi
Yōko Katsuragi Haruko's daughter
Sanae Takasugi
Sanae Takasugi Mrs. Akazawa