A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

Movie 1953-06-17 1h 56m Drama Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1
★ 5.8 / 10 · 16 votes

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.

Status
Released
Released
1953-06-17
Runtime
1h 56m
Studio
Shochiku
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Won 1 Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay Award

Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1 won

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
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
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