A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy (1953)

June 17th, 19531h 56min

Drama
56%

Overview

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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