1953
5.6 (12 votes)
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Shochiku
A Japanese Tragedy (日本の悲劇)
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Keisuke Kinoshita
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Producer: Ryōtarō Kuwata, Takashi Koide
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Kusuda
