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Mother

1952 · 98 min

A quiet, tender portrait of endurance, watching a family hold together through small daily sacrifices and unspoken love.

Overview
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • survival
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • workplace
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
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Written by
Yōko Mizuki
Starring
Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyōko Kagawa, Eiji Okada, Akihiko Katayama, Daisuke Katō, Yōnosuke Toba, Masao Mishima, Chieko Nakakita
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
98 min
Country
Japan
Languages
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