A Japanese Tragedy

Name: A Japanese Tragedy
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Released: 1953
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Yûko Mochizuki, Yôko Katsuragi, Masami Taura, Keiko Awaji, Shin'ichi Himori

1953 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 429 VOTES · DIR. Keisuke Kinoshita

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,394 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:58 8 years since the war's end

00:07:48 Oh, about that...

00:10:16 Found a lover?

00:14:59 176 arrested.

00:19:27 I'm a medical student.

00:27:04 What did you say when I came to Odawara?

00:30:59 Said he wouldn't call the police, but just fire her.

00:34:35 Hearthat?

00:37:57 Just study hard.

00:42:26 Maybe I shouldn't go today...

00:45:45 Speculation's risky

00:52:33 Utako, you have a visitor.

00:56:23 No reason, it just may become useful someday.

01:00:21 I woke up.

01:04:17 My kids will be upset.

01:08:09 I'm so fond of you

01:14:15 I thought she'd quit by herself.

01:19:46 Good evening, please let me...

01:25:32 Well thank you.

01:30:34 I'm in a terrible mess

01:33:56 Cause there's no race.

01:38:41 Everybody's to blame.

01:44:47 Where're you calling from?

01:48:50 I don't care if you get angry.

Cast & Characters

Yûko Mochizuki Haruko Inoue Yôko Katsuragi Haruko's Daughter Masami Taura Haruko's Son Keiko Awaji Wakamaru, a Geisha Shin'ichi Himori Ichizo Nadao Kirino Tanie Kitabayashi Ichizo's Wife Yôshirô Kusakari Ichizo's Son Keiji Sada Tatsuya, Street Musician Fujio Suga Fujita

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,394

Dialogue density12.0 lines / min

First line00:00:58

Final line01:48:50

Production Record

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes429