![A Japanese Tragedy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6npoR3RIRBlY0arZjXv9xZWlh6a.jpg)
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.
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Cast
![Yūko Mochizuki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5TUdCo50ZN3aX8mYw152hBb9rqL.jpg)
Yūko Mochizuki
Haruko Inoue
![Keiji Sada](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lkaJQQEsvTHXsIZzMXQSyCNkz76.jpg)
Keiji Sada
Tatsuya
![Teiji Takahashi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/whFvr8JkrLLe2vWKGQxdHe3Cy2o.jpg)
Teiji Takahashi
Sato
![Yōko Katsuragi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nUnHqKpVRYgwQtl8S773dF5vJ7D.jpg)
Yōko Katsuragi
Haruko's daughter
![Sanae Takasugi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8xRWkzsBsJvpiDQ3hen3ZLilR0V.jpg)
Sanae Takasugi
Mrs. Akazawa
![Ken Uehara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5Gea9YY469WW5Ga3u6raemmQuVM.jpg)
Ken Uehara
Masayuki Akazawa
![Keiko Awaji](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hXOty6sgFYawAOuc7o7ZU7l5iPc.jpg)
Keiko Awaji
Wakamaru, a geisha
![Shinichi Himori](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uvdGhKmIIfjO705CqXAS13gO65X.jpg)
Shinichi Himori
![Fujio Suga](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eR3BrL5sShquEHjyy3LtQomS7L7.jpg)
Fujio Suga
Fujita
![Tanie Kitabayashi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vGG6ErgXfrZuRsVfDP3Po3XReST.jpg)
Tanie Kitabayashi
Ichizo's wife
![Jun Tatara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uufp8VZVTESqKzulAlx6K8htWGI.jpg)
Jun Tatara
![Masami Taura](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hlZWGed90SzjP52593jS1ZM8fhN.jpg)
Masami Taura
Haruko's son
![Eijirō Yanagi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eURas7uOy8litWKEO9UJ5NW0ysW.jpg)
Eijirō Yanagi
Iwami
![Tokuji Kobayashi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/twYMMpXN8ZoaSHzMnt1Vmq2NLMZ.jpg)
Tokuji Kobayashi
![Ryōko Mizuki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eZMU6yX5JaxOPiwZNMUmWxTTXgm.jpg)
Ryōko Mizuki
![Toshiko Yabuki](/images/avatar.webp)
Toshiko Yabuki
![Kunio Teshirogi](/images/avatar.webp)
Kunio Teshirogi
![Tazuko Kusaka](/images/avatar.webp)
Tazuko Kusaka
![Norikazu Takeda](/images/avatar.webp)
Norikazu Takeda
![Tomio Aoki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qVWVcoNSJIwJmf9A7dkHa3wzZWZ.jpg)
Tomio Aoki
![Keiko Enami](/images/avatar.webp)
Keiko Enami
![Yôshirô Kusakari](/images/avatar.webp)
Yôshirô Kusakari
Ichizo's son
![Yoshino Tani](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fpmVRFCPWBFCS4kvdREBdEB9ovF.jpg)
Yoshino Tani
![Hideaki Nagai](/images/avatar.webp)
Hideaki Nagai