Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
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.
Director:
Yoji Yamada
Writers:
Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu.
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Mirai Shida as Hatsuko Nogami |
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Tadanobu Asano as Yamazaki Toru |
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Chieko Baisho as Hatsuko Nogami |
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Denden as Fukuda |
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as Kayo Nogami |
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Shigeru Nogami |
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Keiko Toda as Teruyo Nogami |
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Daisuke Gori as Toru |
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Koen Kondo as Komiyama |
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Rei Dan as Hisako |
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Hideji Ōtaki as Kabe |
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Tokie Hidari as Fumi Fujioka |
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Takashi Sasano as Detective Kosuge |
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Mizuho Suzuki as Hajime Nikaido |
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Makoto Akatsuka as Policeman |
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Tsurube Shofukutei as Senkichi Fujioka |
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Miku Satô as Teruyo Nogami |
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Bandō Mitsugorō X as Shigeru Nogami |
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Umenosuke Nakamura as Kyutaro Fujioka |
| Art | Mitsuo Degawa | Production Design |
| Directing | Yoji Yamada | Director |
| Editing | Iwao Ishii | Editor |
| Sound | Isao Tomita | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kazumi Kishida | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Takeshi Nakasu | Gaffer |
| Production | Hiroshi Fukazawa | Producer |
| Production | Takashi Yajima | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Etsuko Egawa | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Teruyo Nogami | Original Story |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Emiko Hiramatsu | Screenplay |
| Camera | Mutsuo Naganuma | Director of Photography |
