Mother (1952)
"Okaasan" (original title)

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

Director:

Mikio Naruse

Writer:

Yôko Mizuki (screenplay)

Stars:

Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyôko Kagawa, Eiji Okada

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kinuyo Tanaka	...	Masako Fukuhara
Kyôko Kagawa	...	Toshiko Fukuhara
Eiji Okada	...	Shinjiro
Akihiko Katayama	...	Susumu Fukuhara
Daisuke Katô	...	Uncle Kimura
Yônosuke Toba	...	Naosuke Fukuhara
Masao Mishima	...	Ryousuke Fukuhara
Chieko Nakakita	...	Aunt Noriko
Eiko Miyoshi
Atsuko Ichinomiya	...	Koyo Fukuhara
Noriko Honma	...	Mino Hirai
Sadako Sawamura	...	O-Sei
Zeko Nakamura	...	Shinzou Hirai
Ryûtarô Nagai
Keiko Enami	...	Hisako Fukuhara

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

singing contest | sick bed | widow | laundry | poverty | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

12 June 1952 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Mother

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shintoho Film Distribution Committee

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Mother (1989)

User Reviews

How to make a good movie?

It is easy to make a good movie - just remember what genre it belongs to and follow the rules. If you make a comedy, make it funny, if you make a drama, make it moving, honest, look at your characters closely, find what motivates them, what makes them happy, sad, look at their faces, their eyes because the eyes are the soul's mirror. Don't make them talk a lot but make every word, every gesture, every look meaningful. Remember that even the most moving drama can and should have humor because without smiles and laughs the humans simply can't survive. Watching Naruse's "Okaasan" (1952) aka "Mother" makes all these rules seem so easy to follow and that's what a great movie should be like. I cried and smiled and thought about my mother, and wished her to be happy and live forever and then I took the movie to her - I wanted her to see it, too. One thing I'd like to add - what a fascinating use of music score, the original and the famous Italian song, "O Sole Mio". I've never heard such a charming version of it.

Excellent! 10/10