La Tragédie du Japon

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 La Tragédie du Japon 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.

La Tragédie du Japon was released in 1953 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.