Japan's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a child. Over the next six years, the middle-class couple and their young son Asato settle into a comfortable, albeit routine, life. The family’s orderly existence is shattered by the arrival of Hikari, a young woman claiming to be Asato’s biological mother, demanding his return. As tensions mount, Satoko grows more and more emboldened to defend her family.
Weaving together multiple timelines and genres with a contemplative pacing and keen sense of place, hallmarks of Kawase’s work, TRUE MOTHERS is “is a deeply touching celebration of women who assume duties of love, support and compassion” (Awards Watch).
- Year2020
- Runtime140 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountryJapan
- RatingNR
- DirectorNaomi Kawase
- ScreenwriterNaomi Kawase & Izumi Takahashi. Based on the novel by Mizuki Tsujimura
- ProducerYumiko Takebe
- Executive ProducerNaoya Kinoshita
- CastHiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita, Reo Sato
- CinematographerYûta Tsukinaga, Naoki Sakakibara
- EditorTina Baz, Yôichi Shibuya
- Production DesignSetsuko Shiokawa Tina Baz
- Sound DesignRoman Dymny Olivier Goinard
- MusicAkira Kosemura, An Tôn Thât
Japan's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a child. Over the next six years, the middle-class couple and their young son Asato settle into a comfortable, albeit routine, life. The family’s orderly existence is shattered by the arrival of Hikari, a young woman claiming to be Asato’s biological mother, demanding his return. As tensions mount, Satoko grows more and more emboldened to defend her family.
Weaving together multiple timelines and genres with a contemplative pacing and keen sense of place, hallmarks of Kawase’s work, TRUE MOTHERS is “is a deeply touching celebration of women who assume duties of love, support and compassion” (Awards Watch).
- Year2020
- Runtime140 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountryJapan
- RatingNR
- DirectorNaomi Kawase
- ScreenwriterNaomi Kawase & Izumi Takahashi. Based on the novel by Mizuki Tsujimura
- ProducerYumiko Takebe
- Executive ProducerNaoya Kinoshita
- CastHiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita, Reo Sato
- CinematographerYûta Tsukinaga, Naoki Sakakibara
- EditorTina Baz, Yôichi Shibuya
- Production DesignSetsuko Shiokawa Tina Baz
- Sound DesignRoman Dymny Olivier Goinard
- MusicAkira Kosemura, An Tôn Thât