Mother

2020 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama / Thriller

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 81% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 3653 3.7K

inspired by a true story child abuse japan social worker pregnancy neglect

Plot summary

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.

Director

Tatsushi Ohmori Photo
Tatsushi Ohmori

Top cast

Kaho Photo
Kaho as Aya Takahashi
Masami Nagasawa Photo
Masami Nagasawa as Akiko Misumi
Kaho Tsuchimura Photo
Kaho Tsuchimura as Kaede Misumi
Sarutoki Minagawa Photo
Sarutoki Minagawa as Tamori Uji
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1.14 GB
1280*692
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles ar   cz   dk   de   gr   us   es   fi   fr   il   in   hr   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   th   tr   vi   cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 1
1.14 GB
1280*682
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles ar   cz   dk   de   gr   us   es   fi   fr   il   in   hr   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   th   tr   vi   cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds ...
2.34 GB
1920*1038
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles ar   cz   dk   de   gr   us   es   fi   fr   il   in   hr   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   th   tr   vi   cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 4
2.34 GB
1920*1024
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles ar   cz   dk   de   gr   us   es   fi   fr   il   in   hr   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   th   tr   vi   cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by melshasu 6 / 10

Not easy to watch

A movie about codependency, neglect, toxic cicles and learned hopelessness. It does a very good job at portraying the ugly side of society, it's so heartbreaking that it makes you want to look away (the same way many characters do during the film). But it's quite slow paced, and because it does show the endless cicles of bad decisions and abuse in a realistic way, by the end of it it felt like I was watching the same scene on a loop.
Reviewed by Megan_Shida 8 / 10

Bold Filmmaking on Mental Illness, Trauma, and Familial Bonds

This is not an easy film to watch. The director does an excellent job portraying a mother who is suffering from mental illness and the traumatic relationship she has with her son. The viewer is dragged through her erratic and destructive behavior- much like the son is- as we painfully watch the pair experience homelessness, domestic violence, familial rejection, and crime. Ultimately, we are left to grapple with the difficult decisions the son is left to make after knowing nothing but this violent and abusive woman's love.
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