Movie: Mother

Top 6 Billed Cast

Jitsuko Yoshimura
吉村実子

Takako Miki
Takako Miki

Takuzō Kawatani
川谷拓三

Toki Shiozawa
塩沢とき

Terukazu Sato
Terukazu Sato

Takehiro Murata
村田雄浩

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    From the point-of-view of the children, "Mother" tells the story of the most unappreciated, loving and giving mother, who would sacrifice her own life, and sometimes the life of others, for her loved ones. In the autumn of 1955, a family of five children is living in the Tohoku area. In order to take care of her paralysed husband, the mother has to sacrifice her five children by giving them away. The children has to suffer all the loneliness and hardships that this decision has brought them. 15 years have passed, all five of them have got married. Now, they come to understand that their mother's love for them was the greatest love of all.

  • Release Date

    1988-04-29

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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