Okaasan (Mother)

Okaasan (Mother) (1952)

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Mother is a story of contemporary Japan. The film is predicated on an annual nationwide contest at Tokyo schools, wherein the students are invited to write about their mothers. One of the students is Kyoto Kagawa, whose relationship with her mother Kinuyo Tanaka is strained at best. Through Kyoto's… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Mikio Naruse
Written By
Yoko Mizuki
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jun 12, 1952 Limited
Concordia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Keith Uhlich, Slant Magazine

    Simultaneously sentimental and meta.

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