A Japanese Tragedy

Deadly postwar penury pits a maid mother against her entitled children sinking into black-market luxury. A single room holds the fraying threads of hope until the kids mistake cash for love. Three decades of frugality collapse in one selfish adolescence.

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Keisuke Kinoshita directed A Japanese Tragedy in 1953. See Keisuke Kinoshita's full filmography, where to start with Keisuke Kinoshita, or where to go after you've seen everything by Keisuke Kinoshita.

A Japanese Tragedy was released in 1953 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.