Burden of Life

Original title: 人生のお荷物

Duration: 66 min

Release date: 1935-12-10

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A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.

Drama

人生のお荷物

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Criterion Channel

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as Shozo Fukushima

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

as Tamako Fukushima

as Hirokazu Fukushima

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

as Takako Komiyama

as Itsuko Kuriyama

Mitsuyo Mizushima

Mitsuyo Mizushima

Tokuji Kobayashi

Tokuji Kobayashi

as Shunkichi Kuriyama

as Takako's husband Komiyama

as Kimimasa Hashimoto

Ryōtarō Mizushima

Ryōtarō Mizushima

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

as Yoko, waitress

Setsuko Shinobu

Setsuko Shinobu

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Heinosuke Gosho

Heinosuke Gosho

Original Music Composer

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Shigeru Nakamoto

Shigeru Nakamoto

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Original Music Composer

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