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: Takashi Koide, Ryōtarō Kuwata
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Kusuda
Top Cast
Yūko Mochizuki
Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada
Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi
Sato
Yōko Katsuragi
Haruko's daughter
Sanae Takasugi
Mrs. Akazawa
Ken Uehara
Masayuki Akazawa
Keiko Awaji
Wakamaru, a geisha
