Kabei: Our Mother
2008 · Movie · 133 min · ★ 7.4 · 82% critics
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.
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Details
- Original title
- 母べえ
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-01-26
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (41 votes)
Themes
- mother
- japan
- widow
- world war ii
- hiroshima, japan
- family drama
- air raid
- post war japan
- 1940s
- resilience
- loss of son
- maternal love
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Mirai Shida
as Hatsuko Nogami
Tadanobu Asano
as Yamazaki Toru
Chieko Baisho
as Hatsuko Nogami
Denden
as Fukuda
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Kayo Nogami
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
as Shigeru Nogami
Keiko Toda
as Teruyo Nogami
Daisuke Gori
as Toru
Koen Kondo
as Komiyama
Rei Dan
as Hisako
Directed by Yoji Yamada