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Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Directed by Yoji Yamada
“An inspiring story of a mother's courage in a time of war.”
Family, Drama · 2h 13m
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.
Cast
Mirai Shida
Tadanobu Asano
Chieko Baisho
Denden
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Keiko Toda
Daisuke Gori
Koen Kondo
Rei Dan
Hideji Ōtaki
Tokie Hidari
Crew
- Director
- Yoji Yamada
- Screenplay
- Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
- Director of Photography
- Mutsuo Naganuma
- Original Music Composer
- Isao Tomita
- Editor
- Iwao Ishii
- Producer
- Hiroshi Fukazawa, Takashi Yajima
Details
- Original title
- 母べえ
- Release date
- 2008-01-26
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Genres
- Family, Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Eisei Gekijo, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Sumitomo Corporation, TV Asahi, Yahoo! Japan, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Strand Releasing, Shochiku, Tokyo FM