History ·Drama · Japan · 2001 · 1h 36m

Kah-chan

かあちゃん

Director

Cast

Keiko Kishi as Okatsu Ryuji Harada as Yukichi Tsuyoshi Ujiki as Ichita Saburo Ishikura as Baijaku Nakamura as Kanae Katsuno as

Crew

Yukio Isohata — Director of Photography Chizuko Osada — Editor Ryudo Uzaki — Original Music Composer Natto Wada — Writer Yo Takeyama — Writer Shūgorō Yamamoto — Novel

Synopsis

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.

Key Collaborators

Kon Ichikawa Director Yukio Isohata Director of Photography Chizuko Osada Editor Ryudo Uzaki Original Music Composer Natto Wada Writer Yo Takeyama Writer Shūgorō Yamamoto Novel Yoshinobu Nishioka Production Design

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