Directed by Nobuo Adachi and starring Aiko Mimasu as a mother who lost three of her four sons to war. Aki is an elderly mother who has lost three of her sons to war. She is happy to be reunited with her youngest son, who has been demobilized from the South, only to find him imprisoned in Sugamo Prison as a suspected war criminal. The mother wishes only to be reunited with her son, but she falls ill from overwork and heartache...
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Aiko Mimasu
Known for
Street of Shame
Yearning
Jun Negami
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Eiji Funakoshi
Known for
Gamera, the Giant Monster
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Noboru Kiritachi
Known for
Humanity and Paper Balloons
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Tomoko Matsushima
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Nobuo Adachi Director · Fuji Yahiro Writer
First release October 16, 1952 · Produced in Japan · Original title 巣鴨の母
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Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
巣鴨の母
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 16, 1952
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