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Mood:
- EmotionalSincereTouching
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Plot:
- Single ParentParents and ChildrenLife is a BitchFamily RelationsPolitical UnrestWartime LifeState Affairs
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Genres:
- DramaForeignMelodramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- AsiaJapanTokyo
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Based on:
- Based on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Kabei: Our Mother, 2008
Japanese
Japan
Profile of Kabei: Our Mother
The mood of Kabei: Our Mother is emotional, sincere, and touching. The plot centers around a single parent, themes of life is a bitch, and parents and children. It is a drama, foreign, and period movie. Stylistically, Kabei: Our Mother is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Kabei: Our Mother is set in Tokyo. It happens during World War 2. It is originally a true story.
Summary of Kabei: Our Mother
When her husband is jailed for radical scholarship and accused of being a Communist, Kayo Nogami (Sayuri Yoshinaga) faces the daunting task of raising two daughters -- and enduring the biting cruelties of neighborhood gossip -- all on her own. Yoji Yamada directs this 1940s period piece set in the shadow of a rising tide of Japanese nationalism, a heartfelt family drama based on the writings of Teruyo Nogami.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 22 May 2009 |
| Runtime: | 133 min |
Cast and Crew
as Kayo Nogami
as Yamazaki Toru
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