Mother
“She'll stop at nothing.”
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
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Cast
33 people
Kim Hye-ja
Mother
Known for
Princess Hours
Our Blues
Won Bin
Yoon Do-joon
Known for
The Man from Nowhere
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Jin Goo
Jin-tae
Known for
Descendants of the Sun
Falling for Innocence
Yoon Je-moon
Je-moon
Known for
The King's Affection
Okja
Jeon Mi-seon
Mi-seon
Known for
Moon Embracing the Sun
Memories of Murder
Song Sae-byuk
Sepak Takraw Detective
Known for
My Mister
Special Delivery
Lee Young-suk
Elder at Junk Shop
Known for
My Mister
Prison Playbook
Moon Hee-ra
Moon Ah-jeong
Also in
The Host
Do You Hear She Sings?
Chun Woo-hee
Mi-na
Known for
The Wailing
The 8 Show
Kim Byeong-soon
Police Group Leader
Known for
EXIT
Concrete Utopia
Yeo Moo-yeong
Lawyer Kong Seok-ho
Known for
The Bequeathed
Ordinary People
Jung Young-ki
Skinny Student
Known for
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
My Holo Love
Bong Joon Ho Director · Park Eun-kyo Screenplay Lee Byung-woo Composer
Worldwide gross $17M · Budget $5M · United States release March 12, 2010
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$17,112,713
Gross vs. budget
3.4×
Production
Barunson E&A
Production
CJ Entertainment
Production
South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
마더
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
France · May 16, 2009
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
South Korea · May 28, 2009
Theatrical
United States · March 12, 2010
Limited theatrical
United States
February 4, 2010 · Premiere · Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Australia
July 9, 2009 · Premiere · Sydney International Film Festival
Brazil
February 5, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
March 26, 2010 · Theatrical
Finland
September 18, 2010 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
December 18, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Limited screenings due to Covid restrictions
May 7, 2021 · Theatrical
France
January 27, 2010 · Theatrical
June 2, 2010 · Physical
Germany
August 5, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
May 10, 2020 · Digital · Cinobo
June 4, 2020 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 19, 2009 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 29, 2009 · Theatrical
Italy
October 7, 2013 · TV
Japan
October 31, 2009 · Digital
Netherlands
August 5, 2010 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 13, 2010 · Theatrical
South Africa
July 26, 2010 · Premiere · Durban International Film Festival
United Kingdom
August 20, 2010 · Theatrical
September 20, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
April 19, 2021 · Physical · Bong Joon Ho Collection (Blu-ray)
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