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A Boy and Three Mothers

7.019581h 43mMovieDrama

After the father of her son leaves her high and dry, Kazuko gives her child up for adoption and takes a job at a hot spring resort, watching her son being raised by the owner of a tea shop.

DirectorSeiji Hisamatsu
WriterToshiro Ide
ProducerKazuo Takimura

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Cast · Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu

IYIsuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Natsu, the Foster Mother
MKMichiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure
Keiko, the Mother-in-Law
MAMichiyo Aratama
Michiyo Aratama
Kazuko, the Birth Mother
FSFrankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai
Seiji, the Father
TNTatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kensaku, the Engineer
MN
Makoto Niki
The Boy
TSTakeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
Seitaro Nakahara, Seiji's father
EMEiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
YNYutaka Nakayama
Yutaka Nakayama
Katayama
HKHaruya Katō
Haruya Katō
Sakata
HTHaruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
Mochizuki
MOMasao Oda
Masao Oda
Tatsuzo, the Foster Father

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