Mother

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Mother

1952

1h 38m

6.8(18 votes)

Drama

Overview

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

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23 members

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田中絹代

Masako Fukuhara

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香川京子

Toshiko Fukuhara

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岡田英次

Shinjiro Hirai

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片山明彦

Susumu Fukuhara

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加東大介

Sokichi Kimura

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鳥羽陽之助

Naosuke Fukuhara

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三島雅夫

Ryosuke Fukuhara

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中北千枝子

Noriko Kurihara

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三好栄子

Grandmother

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一の宮あつ子

Koyo Fukuhara

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本間文子

Mino Hirai

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沢村貞子

Osei

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中村是好

Shinzo Hirai

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永井柳太郎

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Keiko Enami

Hisako Fukuhara

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Takashi Itô

Tetsuo Kurihara

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小倉繁

Unknown Role

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小高まさる

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高松政雄

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Tatsuhiro Oka

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Noboru Ohara

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Kiyoko Wakamiya

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Akiko Jindai

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