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Mother(Movie, 1952)

Original title: "おかあさん" (Japanese/JA)
1h 38min | Genre: Drama
MotherRating: 3.4/5 (with 99 votes)
Mother (おかあさん, Okaasan) is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse starring Kinuyo Tanaka in the title role. The screenplay by Yūko Mizuki is based on the prize-winning entry of a school essay-writing competition. ()
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About Mother

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

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 7 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 06/12/1952
Director: Mikio Naruse
Screenwriter: Yōko Mizuki
Composer: Ichirō Saitō
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Die Mutter"
"La Mère"
"Okaasan"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Mother (US, 1927), Mother (SU, 1955), Mother (JP, 1963), Mother (NP, 1964), Mother (JP, 1977), Mother (JP, 1988), Mother (IR, 1990), Mother (IT/SU, 1990), Mother (IN, 1999), Mother (2002), Mother (2003), Mother (2006), Mother (KR, 2007), Mother (KR, 2009), Mother (CN, 2010), Mother (TH, 2012), Mother (US, 2013), Mother (IR, 2015), Mother (AU, 2018), Mother (FR/ES, 2019), Mother (BE/NL, 2020), Mother (DE, 2022), Mother (2023), Mother (2023)

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