
Mother
Drama
Overview
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Top Cast


Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Masako Fukuhara
Kinuyo Tanaka
Masako Fukuhara


Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Toshiko Fukuhara
Kyōko Kagawa
Toshiko Fukuhara


Eiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Shinjiro Hirai
Eiji Okada
Shinjiro Hirai


Akihiko Katayama
Akihiko Katayama
Susumu Fukuhara
Akihiko Katayama
Susumu Fukuhara


Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Sokichi Kimura
Daisuke Katō
Sokichi Kimura


Yōnosuke Toba
Yōnosuke Toba
Naosuke Fukuhara
Yōnosuke Toba
Naosuke Fukuhara


Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Ryosuke Fukuhara
Masao Mishima
Ryosuke Fukuhara


Chieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
Noriko Kurihara
Chieko Nakakita
Noriko Kurihara


Eiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Grandmother
Eiko Miyoshi
Grandmother


Atsuko Ichinomiya
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Koyo Fukuhara
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Koyo Fukuhara
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