A Japanese Tragedy
日本の悲劇
1953 · 1h 56m · Drama · Japan
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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Keisuke Kinoshita6.0Smart score
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