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A Japanese Tragedy
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A Japanese Tragedy 1953 Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita 日本の悲劇

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Shochiku
Release Date 17 June 1953
116 mins
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
Toshiko Yabuki
Toshiko Yabuki
Kunio Teshirogi
Kunio Teshirogi
Tazuko Kusaka
Tazuko Kusaka
Norikazu Takeda
Norikazu Takeda
Tomio Aoki
Tomio Aoki
Keiko Enami
Keiko Enami
Yôshirô Kusakari
Yôshirô Kusakari Ichizo's son
Yoshino Tani
Yoshino Tani
Hideaki Nagai
Hideaki Nagai
Crew
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Producers
Takashi Koide
Takashi Koide
Ryōtarō Kuwata
Ryōtarō Kuwata
Cinematography
Hiroshi Kusuda
Hiroshi Kusuda
Composer
Chūji Kinoshita
Chūji Kinoshita
Editor
Yoshi Sugihara
Yoshi Sugihara
Art Direction
Kimihiko Nakamura
Kimihiko Nakamura
Lighting
Ryozo Toyoshima
Ryozo Toyoshima
Assistant Director
Yoshiro Kawazu
Yoshiro Kawazu