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Image of a Mother

8.519591h 29mMovieDrama

The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries the kind-hearted Sonoko, who has a daughter of her own. As Michio clings to memories of his mother, the family navigates the challenges of grief, love, and new beginnings.

DirectorHiroshi Shimizu
WriterBonhei Sotoyama
ProducerKazuyoshi Takeda

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Cast · Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu

JNJun Negami
Jun Negami
Sadao Sagawa
CAChikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima
Sonoko Takada
MM
Mitsuhiro Môri
Michio Sagawa
CMChieko Murata
Chieko Murata
Fude Ôki
BMBontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake
Kyosuke Ôki
SM
Satoko Minami
Keiko Ôki
TKTamae Kiyokawa
Tamae Kiyokawa
Ofuji
NM
Nobuo Minamitaka
Ofuji's husband
THTatsuo Hanabu
Tatsuo Hanabu
Teacher
YI
Yosuke Irie
TN
Tsutomu Nakata
KT
Kan Takami
Janitor

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