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A Japanese Tragedy (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.

Release: 1953-06-17
Runtime: 116 min
Rating: 5.321 / 10
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
Ken Uehara
Ken Uehara
Masayuki Akazawa
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji
Wakamaru, a geisha
Shinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori
Fujio Suga
Fujio Suga
Fujita
Tanie Kitabayashi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Ichizo's wife
Jun Tatara
Jun Tatara
Masami Taura
Masami Taura
Haruko's son
Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Iwami
Tokuji Kobayashi
Tokuji Kobayashi
Ryōko Mizuki
Ryōko Mizuki
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Toshiko Yabuki
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Kunio Teshirogi
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Tazuko Kusaka