A Mother Should Be Loved
6.5
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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Cast
14 people
Yukichi Iwata
Kajiwara
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Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Chieko
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Yûkichi Iwata
Chichi
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Sadao
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Seiichi Katô
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Kōji Mitsui
Kousaku
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Shusei Nomura
Young Kousaku
Shin'yō Nara
Okazaki
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Shinobu Aoki
Wife
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Kyôko Mitsukawa
Kazuko
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Chishū Ryū
Hattori
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Yumeko Aizome
Mitsuko
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Yasujirō Ozu Director · Kōgo Noda Screenplay Tadao Ikeda Screenplay
First release May 11, 1934 · Produced in Japan, United States · Languages English, No dialogue
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan · United States
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Languages
Original title
母を恋はずや
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · No dialogue
Release dates
Japan · May 11, 1934
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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