- Country: Japan
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1949-12-01
- Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
- Writers: Keisuke Kinoshita , Masaki Kobayashi
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Tsumasaburō Bandō , Sachiko Murase , Masayuki Mori , Chūji Kinoshita , Akira Ôizumi , Toshiko Kobayashi , Yôko Katsuragi , Masayoshi Ôtsuka , Sadako Sawamura , Jūkichi Uno
- Runtime: 108 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: 破れ太鼓 (Japan) , Yabure-daiko , A Broken Drum (United States of America) , Дырявый барабан (Russian Federation) , A Broken Drum , Yabure-daiko (India) , A Broken Drum (United Kingdom)
- Plot: A tyrannical father (the broken drum) squashes the dreams of his family.
- IMDB:tt0042056
A Broken Drum Cast · · · ALL
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Tsumasaburō Bandō
Gunpei Tsuda
Sachiko Murase
Kuniko
Masayuki Mori
Taro
Chūji Kinoshita
Heizo
Akira Ôizumi
Matasaburo
Toshiko Kobayashi
Akiko
Yôko Katsuragi
Haruko
Sadako Sawamura
Yasuko
Jūkichi Uno
Shigeki Nonaka
Osamu Takizawa
Naoki
Chieko Higashiyama
Nobuko
Eitarō Ozawa
Kimura (as Sakae Ozawa)
Mitsuo Nagata
Teruo Hanada
Hiroshi Aoyama
Laundryman
Natsuko Kahara
Ume