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MOTHER

2020 · 127 min

A suffocating, quietly devastating plunge into a toxic family bond that leaves you drained and haunted.

Tagline
She was the world to him.
Overview
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tatsushi Ōmori
Written by
Takehiko Minato, Tatsushi Ōmori
Starring
Masami Nagasawa, Daiken Okudaira, Sadao Abe, Kaho, Sarutoki Minagawa, Taiga Nakano, Kaho Tsuchimura, Zenki Aramaki
Music
Taro Iwashiro
Cinematography
Tomohiko Tsuji
Runtime
127 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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