A Mother Should be Loved (1934)

Original title

母を恋はずや

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the father dies, a mother struggles to connect with her two sons. The story focuses on their strained family relationships.

melancholicintimaterestrainedfamily-centeredslow-burnemotionalbittersweetsimple

What happens

A Mother Should Be Loved (母を恋はずや, Haha o kowazuya) is a 1934 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, the first and last reels of which have been lost. Ozu had wanted to name the film Tokyo Twilight, but studio executives preferred a title that referenced motherhood, a popular theme in Japanese cinema at the time of release. The film tells of the strained relationship between a mother and her two sons after the death of the family patriarch. Ozu once said that he remembered making this early film "not because it was any good, but because my father died while I was making it". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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