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Kabei: Our Mother is a film of genre Drama directed by Yōji Yamada released in USA on 22 may 2009 with Sayuri Yoshinaga
Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
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Add to a movie listKabei: Our Mother (母べえ, Kābē) is a 2008 Japanese film starring Sayuri Yoshinaga and directed by Yoji Yamada.
The film was based on the autobiographical novel by Teruyo Nogami, who for many years worked with director Akira Kurosawa, often as script supervisor.
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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.Actors
Sayuri Yoshinaga
(Kayo Nogami)
Tadanobu Asano
(Yamazaki Toru)
Rei Dan
(Hisako Nogami)
Mirai Shida
(Hatsuko Nogami)
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
(Shigeru Nogami)
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