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Mother Never Dies

1942 · 104 min

A quiet, sorrowful Japanese drama that lingers on loss and the slow endurance of a family left behind.

Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Genres
Drama
Overview
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, family, parenthood, memory
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Mikio Naruse
    Written by
    Katsuhito Inomata
    Starring
    Takako Irie, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirō Sugai, Hideo Saito, Kamatari Fujiwara, Sadako Sawamura, Susumu Fujita, Masaru Kodaka
    Music
    Tadashi Hattori
    Cinematography
    Seiichi Kizuka
    Runtime
    104 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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