Children Seeking a Mother
7.2
While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.
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Cast
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Aiko Mimasu
Aki Yamamoto
Known for
Street of Shame
Yearning
Yasuko Kawakami
Misako Fujisawa
Known for
Street of Shame
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Kuniko Miyake
Shizuko Fujisawa
Known for
Tokyo Story
Good Morning
Kanji Kawara
Nagasaki Orphanage Director
Known for
There Was a Father
Hiroko Machida
Toshio's mother
Known for
Street of Shame
The Quiet Duel
Kenichi Miyajima
Gohei
Known for
The Quiet Duel
There Was a Father
Haruo Tanaka
Carpenter
Known for
Ikiru
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Saburo Sakai
Police Officer
Also in
Floating Weeds
A Wife Confesses
Mitsuko Takesato
Yoshiko's mother
Also in
Seisaku's Wife
The Snowy Heron
Yuko Yashio
Chiyoko Sugimoto
Also in
The Blue Sky Maiden
Brooba
Eiji Koyama
Takeo Yamamoto
Also in
Wife
Nao Abe
Minoru
Hiroshi Shimizu Director · Matsuo Kishi Writer Yoshio Sawaki Writer
First release August 8, 1956 · Produced in Japan · Original title 母を求める子等
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
母を求める子等
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 8, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Portugal
April 16, 2026 · Theatrical
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