| A Hole of My Own Making | |
| Director: | Tomu Uchida |
| Producer: | Kaneo Iwai |
| Music: | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Cinematography: | Shigeyoshi Mine |
| Studio: | Nikkatsu |
| Distributor: | Nikkatsu |
| Runtime: | 125 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Tomu Uchida.[1] It is based on a novel by Tatsuzō Ishikawa.
Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died slowly disintegrates. While daughter Tamiko struggles with her stepmother Nobuko's attempts to marry her off to careless physician Ihura, her bed-ridden brother Junjirō grieves for his ex-wife Keiko who left him for another man. Although Ihura is more interested in Nobuko, he has a short-lived affair with Tamiko, who herself cares only for Ihura's future social and financial status. After selling the family's last remaining properties, Tamiko and Junjirō refuse to give Nobuko her share. Nobuko moves out of the house, announcing that she will take legal steps against her stepchildren's decision. Shortly before his death, Junjirō confesses to Tamiko that he lost the family's money and the mortgaged house in ill-fated stock market investments.
A Hole of My Own Making was one of the first productions of the newly reopened Nikkatsu film studio.[2]
A Hole of My Own Making was screened in the Museum of Modern Art as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.[3]