A Mother Should Be Loved

Name: A Mother Should Be Loved
Genre: Drama
Rating: 75
Cast: Yukichi Iwata, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Den Ohinata, Seiichi Kato, Kôji Mitsui

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1934

1h 33m

Drama

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A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.

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The first and last of nine reels is missing in this early silent family melodrama directed by the great Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu.

Rated: B

Oct 8, 2013

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Late Ozu silent, currently shown missing the first and last reels (luckily, given the mass of Japanese silent films completely missing, 70 minutes remain), about the immediate impact the untimely death of a father has on two sons and their working, struggling mother. Ozu would rework and refine this kind of drama for the rest of her career.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Yasujirô Ozu

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Yukichi Iwata

Chichi Kajiwara-shi

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Haha Chieko

Den Ohinata

Chounan Sadao

Seiichi Kato

Sono shounen-jidai

Kôji Mitsui

Jinan Kousaku

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Director: Yasujirô Ozu
Screenwriter: Kôgo Noda, Tadao Ikeda, Masao Arata
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1h 33m

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