A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
Original title: 日本の悲劇
A Japanese Tragedy is a 1953 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, with a running time of 1h 56m. It stars Yūko Mochizuki, Keiji Sada and Teiji Takahashi.
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.
Where to watch A Japanese Tragedy
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Yūko Mochizuki as Haruko Inoue
- Keiji Sada as Tatsuya
- Teiji Takahashi as Sato
- Yōko Katsuragi as Haruko's daughter
- Sanae Takasugi as Mrs. Akazawa
- Ken Uehara as Masayuki Akazawa
- Keiko Awaji as Wakamaru, a geisha
- Shinichi Himori
- Fujio Suga as Fujita
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Ichizo's wife
- Jun Tatara
- Masami Taura as Haruko's son