A Mother Should Be Loved

May 11, 1934

1h 14m

★ 6.1

Overview

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Kajiwara

Yukichi Iwata

Chieko

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Sadao

Den Obinata

Young Sadao

Seiichi Katô

Kousaku

Kōji Mitsui

Young Kousaku

Shusei Nomura

Okazaki

Shin'yō Nara

Wife

Shinobu Aoki

Kazuko

Kyôko Mitsukawa

Hattori

Chishū Ryū

Mitsuko

Yumeko Aizome

Ranko

Junko Matsui

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