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Kabei: Our Mother (2008)

Kabei: Our Mother (2008)

Drama Family

An inspiring story of a mother's courage in a time of war.

Release Date: 2008, January 26
Directors: Yoji Yamada
Countries: Japan
Production: Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Eisei Gekijo, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Sumitomo Corporation, TV Asahi, Yahoo! Japan, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Strand Releasing, Shochiku, Tokyo FM
Cast: Chieko Baisho, Tadanobu Asano, Keiko Toda, Mizuho Suzuki, Tokie Hidari, Denden, Mirai Shida, Daisuke Gori, Koen Kondo, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Hideji Ōtaki, Takashi Sasano

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

world war ii 1940s japan family drama mother widow post war japan shōwa era (1926-89) loss of son resilience hiroshima, japan air raid maternal love hiroshima post-war chaos period