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Mother

7.019521h 38mMovieDrama

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

DirectorMikio Naruse
WriterYōko Mizuki
ProducerIchiro Nagashima

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Cast · Directed by Mikio Naruse

KTKinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Masako Fukuhara
KKKyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Toshiko Fukuhara
EOEiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Shinjiro Hirai
AKAkihiko Katayama
Akihiko Katayama
Susumu Fukuhara
DKDaisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Sokichi Kimura
YTYōnosuke Toba
Yōnosuke Toba
Naosuke Fukuhara
MMMasao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Ryosuke Fukuhara
CNChieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
Noriko Kurihara
EMEiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Grandmother
AIAtsuko Ichinomiya
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Koyo Fukuhara
NHNoriko Honma
Noriko Honma
Mino Hirai
SSSadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura
Osei

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More from Mikio Naruse · Director

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Mother is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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