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Mother
Mother

Mother

Genres

Drama

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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

12 June 1952

Country

Japan

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Masako Fukuhara

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Toshiko Fukuhara

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Shinjiro Hirai

Akihiko Katayama

Akihiko Katayama

Susumu Fukuhara

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Sokichi Kimura

Yōnosuke Toba

Yōnosuke Toba

Naosuke Fukuhara

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Ryosuke Fukuhara

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Noriko Kurihara

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Grandmother

Atsuko Ichinomiya

Atsuko Ichinomiya

Koyo Fukuhara

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Mino Hirai

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Osei

Zeko Nakamura

Zeko Nakamura

Shinzo Hirai

Ryutaro Nagai

Ryutaro Nagai

Keiko Enami

Keiko Enami

Hisako Fukuhara

Takashi Itô

Takashi Itô

Tetsuo Kurihara

Shigeru Ogura

Shigeru Ogura

Masaru Kodaka

Masaru Kodaka

Masao Takamatsu

Masao Takamatsu

Tatsuhiro Oka

Tatsuhiro Oka

Noboru Ohara

Noboru Ohara

Kiyoko Wakamiya

Kiyoko Wakamiya

Akiko Jindai

Akiko Jindai

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