A Japanese Tragedy

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

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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
00:07:49 Well...
00:10:30 I'm not starving.
00:15:13 143 arrested.
00:21:25 I was os happy to see you
00:27:37 Can't we live together somehow?
00:31:25 Which train will you take?
00:35:16 What'll we do?
00:38:36 So eat well sometimes
00:43:37 You embarrass me.
00:46:43 Le's drink a lot tonight.
00:53:36 I thought he was with you.
00:57:15 Even a child despises an incompetent father.
01:02:04 Don't you dare tell my mother!
01:05:57 And I used to get upset.
01:09:03 Stop, you told me before.
01:17:29 Haruko, what's wrong?
01:22:55 Good evening.
01:28:13 You must know.
01:32:23 I also borrowed from lwami.
01:36:37 Mother can't see the reason.
01:41:58 Don't cry, I'll take care of you.
01:47:31 But...
01:55:40 She sure was a good person.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,394
Dialogue density12.0 lines / min
First line00:00:58
Final line01:55:40

Production Record

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes429