Mother

Original title: Okasan
Mikio Naruse/ Japan/ Japanese/ 1952/ black and white/ 98 minutes

It is a story about a teenaged girl. She witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family. she is lightly wooed but is fairly innocent and is more concerned about family disruption: the possibility that mother might marry uncle or that another uncle and aunt might adopt her younger sister to give her a better chance.

Director: Mikio Naruse
Screenplay: Yoko Mizuki
Producer: Ichiro Nagashima
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Masao Mishima, Akihiko Katayama, Kyoko Kagawa, Eiji Okada, Daisuke Kato, Chieko Nakakita
Music: Ichiro Saito
Cinematographer: Hiroshi Suzuki   
Editor: Hidetoshi Kasama


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