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Okāsan no Ki (2015)

Okāsan no Ki poster
Original title
おかあさんの木
Directed by
Itsumichi Isomura
Genre
war film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother in Japan during World War II waits for her sons to return from the war. She plants trees in their memory as the conflict continues.

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What happens

Okāsan no Ki (Japanese: おかあさんの木; lit. "Mother's Trees") is a 2015 Japanese war drama film directed by Itsumichi Isomura. It was released in Japan on June 6, 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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