Characters & Themes
Broken Drum (1949) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1949 · 108 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Starring
- Chieko Higashiyama, Yôko Katsuragi, Sadako Sawamura, Masayuki Mori, Eitarô Ozawa, Koji Nakata
Facing a financial crisis in his construction business, the domineering patriarch forces his adult children into marriages and careers they find unsatisfying, hoping the alliances will restore the family’s stability. The film follows each sibling as they wrestle with resentment, sacrifice personal dreams, and confront the clash between duty and happiness under their father’s relentless pressure.
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