True Mothers (2020)
Asa ga kuru (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 20min
- Drama
- 29 Jan 2021 (USA)
- Movie
A woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.
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- 5 wins & 14 nominations.
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Cast
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Hiromi Nagasaku | ... |
Satoko Kurihara
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Arata Iura | ... |
Kiyokazu Kurihara
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Aju Makita | ... |
Hikari Katakura
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Reo Sato | ... |
Asato Kurihara
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| Hiroko Nakajima | ... |
Takako Katakura
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Tetsu Hirahara | ... |
Masaru Katakura
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Ren Komai | ... |
Misaki Katakura
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Taketo Tanaka | ... |
Takumi Aso
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Rio Yamashita |
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Kokoro Morita |
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Hitomi Hazuki |
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Natsumi Ishibashi |
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Gô Rijû | ... |
Takeshi Hamano
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Miyoko Asada | ... |
Shizue Asami
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Shoko Ikezu |
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Msaki Miwa |
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| Ryûya Wakaba |
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Directed by
| Naomi Kawase | ||
Written by
| Naomi Kawase | ... | (screenplay) |
| Izumi Takahashi | ... | (screenplay) |
| Mizuki Tsujimura | ... | (based on the 2015 novel by) |
Produced by
| Naoya Kinoshita | ... | executive producer |
| Hiroaki Saitô | ... | line producer |
| Yumiko Takebe | ... | producer |
Music by
| Akira Kosemura | ||
| An Ton That | ||
Cinematography by
| Naoki Sakakibara | ||
| Yûta Tsukinaga | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Tina Baz | ||
| Roman Dymny | ||
| Yôichi Shibuya | ||
Production Design by
| Setsuko Shiokawa | ||
Costume Design by
| Miwako Kobayashi | ||
Makeup Department
| Naoko Koizumi | ... | hair stylist/makeup artist |
Production Management
| Tetsushi Onoyama | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Seitaro Kai | ... | assistant director |
| Keita Kumano | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Roman Dymny | ... | sound |
| Olivier Goinard | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Eiji Mori | ... | sound mixer |
| Arnaud Rolland | ... | sound editor |
| Tom Diaz Romettino | ... | assistant sound editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Yasuhiro Ota | ... | lighting technician |
Music Department
| Edric Chang | ... | musician: violin |
Additional Crew
| Viviane Andriani | ... | press attaché: france |
| Rosemary Dean | ... | English subtitles |
| Tetsuro Shimauchi | ... | English subtitles |
| Miyako Slocombe | ... | translator |
Production Companies
- Kazumo
- Kino Films
- Kinoshita Group
- Kumie
- Playtime (in association with)
Distributors
- Kino Films International Sales (2020) (World-wide) (except Japan)
- Kino Films (2020) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Filmcoopi Zürich (2020) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2022) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Film Movement (2021) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Haut et Court (2021) (France) (theatrical)
- Kinoshita Group (2020) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Playtime (2020) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Cinéart (2021) (Netherlands) (video) (VOD)
- Filmarti (2020) (Turkey)
- La Aventura (2021) (Spain)
- Leopardo Filmes (2020) (Portugal)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2023) (Finland) (tv) (also Internet)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Hands of Creation (thanks)
- Nowhere Like Home (thanks)
- Renault (thanks)
- Rendez-vous (publicity: france)
- Stances (editing rooms)
- Toronto International Film Festival (festival)
Storyline
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It is not strange or unusual for a couple to want to procreate and have a child. However, things are not proceeding smoothly for the couple formed by Kiyokazu and his wife Satoko. Despite steadily trying to get the wife pregnant the couple yield to reality and, exhorted by a professional association, the couple proceed to adopt a boy. They two are happily adapting to their adopted son, but a woman named Hikari Katakura shows up soon enough emphasizing she is the boy's biological mother. Satoko decides to face Hikari. Written by aghaemi |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Actress Miyoko Asada studied thoroughly about spokespeople of adoption agencies and their business for the role of her character. For the seminar scene, it was entirely improvised as she took real questions from the extras and answered them fully. She spoke at the whole faux seminar in character for a full hour. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Remake of Asa ga kuru (2016). See more » |
| Soundtracks | scherzo No.2 See more » |