Movie
MOTHER
Overview
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-07-03
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- STAR SANDS, Happinet, KADOKAWA, The Asahi Shimbun, GAGA Corporation, Aeon Entertainment, TBS Radio, Filmarks
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Masami Nagasawa as Akiko Misumi
- Daiken Okudaira as Shūhei
- Sadao Abe as Ryō Kawada
- Kaho as Aya Takahashi
- Sarutoki Minagawa as Tamori Uji
- Taiga Nakano as Keiichi Akagawa
- Kaho Tsuchimura as Kaede Misumi
- Zenki Aramaki
- Shima Onishi
- Hana Kino as Masako Misumi
- Sho Gunji
- Haro Asada as Fuyuka
Crew
- Tatsushi Ōmori - Director
- Tatsushi Ōmori - Screenplay
- Takehiko Minato - Screenplay
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