Movielogr
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Overview
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.
Length 116 minutes
Actors
Yûko Mochizuki | Keiji Sada | Teiji Takahashi | Yôko Katsuragi | Sanae Takasugi | Ken Uehara | Keiko Awaji | Shinichi Himori | Fujio Suga | Tanie Kitabayashi | Jun Tatara | Masami Taura | Eijirô Yanagi | Tokuji Kobayashi | Ryôko Mizuki | Toshiko Yabuki | Kunio Teshirogi | Tazuko Kusaka | Norikazu Takeda | Tomio Aoki | Keiko Enami | Yôshirô Kusakari | Yoshino Tani | Hideaki Nagai