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- Original title
- おかあさん
- Years
- 1952
- Release date
- 1952-06-12
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 98 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (20 votes)
Themes
- widow
- poverty
- laundry
- death in family
- kimono
- singing competition
- post war life
- sick bed
Cast & crew
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Masako Fukuhara
Kyōko Kagawa
as Toshiko Fukuhara
Eiji Okada
as Shinjiro Hirai
Akihiko Katayama
as Susumu Fukuhara
Daisuke Katō
as Sokichi Kimura
Yōnosuke Toba
as Naosuke Fukuhara
Masao Mishima
as Ryosuke Fukuhara
Chieko Nakakita
as Noriko Kurihara
Eiko Miyoshi
as Grandmother
Atsuko Ichinomiya
as Koyo Fukuhara
Directed by Mikio Naruse