MOTHER (2020)

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She was the world to him.

Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.

• Released: 2020-07-03
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 2h 7m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 103 votes

Directed by Tatsushi Ōmori.

Top cast

• Masami Nagasawa as Akiko Misumi
• Daiken Okudaira as Shūhei
• Sadao Abe as Ryō Kawada
• Kaho as Aya Takahashi
• Sarutoki Minagawa as Tamori Uji
• Taiga Nakano as Keiichi Akagawa
• Kaho Tsuchimura as Kaede Misumi
• Zenki Aramaki
• Shima Onishi
• Hana Kino as Masako Misumi

Full cast & crew

Where to watch MOTHER

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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