Country
Japan
Date
Jun 17, 1953
1h 56min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Shinichi Himori | |
| Fujio Suga | Fujita |
| Tanie Kitabayashi | Ichizo's wife |
| Jun Tatara | |
| Masami Taura | Haruko's son |
| Eijirō Yanagi | Iwami |
| Tokuji Kobayashi | |
| Ryōko Mizuki | |
| Toshiko Yabuki | |
| Kunio Teshirogi | |
| Tazuko Kusaka | |
| Norikazu Takeda | |
| Tomio Aoki | |
| Keiko Enami | |
| Yôshirô Kusakari | Ichizo's son |
| Yoshino Tani | |
| Hideaki Nagai |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 日本の悲劇 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Shochiku |
| Data di uscita | 17 giugno 1953 |
| Producer | Takashi Koide, Ryōtarō Kuwata |
| Writer | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Editors | Yoshi Sugihara |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Kusuda |
| Asst. Directors | Yoshiro Kawazu, Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Lighting | Ryozo Toyoshima |
| Camera Operators | Hiroshi Kusuda |
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| Add. Photography | Hiroshi Kusuda |
| Production Design | Kimihiko Nakamura |
| Art Direction | Kimihiko Nakamura |
| Set Decoration | Kimihiko Nakamura |
| Composer | Chūji Kinoshita, Hisao Ōno |
| Sound | Hisao Ōno, Chūji Kinoshita |
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