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Broken Drum (1949) is streaming on Criterion Channel.
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When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.
Postwar Japan crackles with the tension of shifting social hierarchies and the desperate scramble for economic survival. A rigid patriarch dismantles his children's autonomy to salvage a crumbling family empire, turning personal happiness into a sacrificial currency.
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Cast
Tsumasaburō Bandō, Sachiko Murase, Masayuki Mori, Chūji Kinoshita, Akira Ōizumi, Toshiko Kobayashi, Yōko Katsuragi, Masayoshi Ôtsuka, Sadako Sawamura, Jūkichi Uno
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Broken Drum
You can stream Broken Drum (1949) on Criterion Channel with a subscription.
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Cast
Tsumasaburō Bandō, Sachiko Murase, Masayuki Mori, Chūji Kinoshita, Akira Ōizumi, Toshiko Kobayashi, Yōko Katsuragi, Masayoshi Ôtsuka, Sadako Sawamura, Jūkichi Uno
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Broken Drum is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified October 8, 2026.