A Japanese Tragedy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Haruko Inoue
Tatsuya
Sato
Haruko's daughter
Mrs. Akazawa
Masayuki Akazawa
Wakamaru, a geisha
Fujita
Ichizo's wife
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