A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
Original title: 日本の悲劇
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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.
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Teiji TakahashiSato
Keiji SadaTatsuya
Yōko KatsuragiHaruko's daughter
Sanae TakasugiMrs. Akazawa
Yūko MochizukiHaruko Inoue
Ken UeharaMasayuki Akazawa
Keiko AwajiWakamaru, a geisha
Shinichi Himori
Fujio SugaFujita
Tanie KitabayashiIchizo's wife
Jun Tatara
Masami TauraHaruko's sonKeywords
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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.
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A Japanese Tragedy has a runtime of 116 minutes.
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