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Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)

Pecoross' Mother and Her Days poster
Original title
ペコロスの母に会いに行く
Directed by
Azuma Morisaki
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
G
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man cares for his aging mother as she struggles with memory loss. The film shows their daily life and the quiet challenges of growing old in Japan.

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What happens

Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (Japanese: ペコロスの母に会いに行く, Hepburn: Pekorosu no Haha ni Ai ni Iku) is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Azuma Morisaki and based on a manga by Yuichi Okano. It was released in Japan on November 16. The film focuses on the treatment of the elderly in Japan, which suffers from a serious problem of aging population. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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