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Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Directed by Yôji Yamada
Overview
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru’s sister Hisako and Shigeru’s ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
Length 133 minutes
Actors
Mirai Shida | Tadanobu Asano | Chieko Baishô | Denden | Sayuri Yoshinaga | Mitsuru Fukikoshi | Keiko Toda | Daisuke Gouri | Kôen Kondô | Rei Dan | Hideji Ôtaki | Tokie Hidari | Takashi Sasano | Mizuho Suzuki | Makoto Akatsuka | Tsurube Shôfukutei | Miku Satô | Bandō Mitsugorō X | Umenosuke Nakamura