The movie explores themes of love, loss, and the importance of human connection. It features a subtle, muted performance by Fumino Kimura as Taeko, and a touching portrayal of a mother-child bond.Love LIfeis a moving, beautifully crafted film that will leave a lasting impression on viewers. ...
At some point recently, did you say to yourself “I wish there was a Japanese version of Oedipus Rex, but with a gay son killing his mother to get at dad”? You’re in luck. Funeral Parade of Roses is the kind of movie that tells you what’s going to happen pretty much from the...
Tokachan has spent much of her adulthood in Tokyo but is heading on a long trip back home to her island of a hometown for the anniversary of her mother’s death. What she didn’t count on expecting upon her arrival was a new man in the family. And that man happens to be the husba...
Tatsuya (played by former pop singer Ken’ichi Hagiwara), the film’s protagonist, was taken away from his mountain village by his mother when he was just a child but when he returns after many years, he feels like the ultimate outsider as he reconnects with family he never really knew....
The Mother (2003) 79% #151 Critics Consensus: Reid gives a fearless, realistic performance in depicting an older woman's sexual blossoming. Synopsis: May (Anne Reid) is a middle-aged grandmother who lives in Northern England with her husband, Toots (Peter Vaughan). When Toots... [Mo...
The life of Japan’s civilian population during the war has never been as hauntingly conveyed as Studio Ghibli’s story of two malnourished children who lose their mother during a bombing raid and take refuge in a firefly-illuminated bomb shelter. Director Isao Takahata may not be as well kno...
The story follows a boy and a girl who lose their mother to a firebombing in World War II. After she succumbs to her wounds (the image of her wrapped in bloody bandages will haunt you), they have to fend for themselves. The pair move into an abandoned bomb shelter, and struggle to...
Ota and her daughter Fumiko, who doesn’t quite know how to deal with her mother’s strange attraction to Kikuji – or her own. If you’re up for something melancholy and short, try this one – it’s available on amazon. Natsuo KIRINO Natsuo Kirino is the pen name of Mariko Hash...
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(TX). His mother was an actress from Tokyo. The family finally settled in Southern California, where Tagawa began acting in high school. He was an exchange student in Japan while studying at the University of Southern California. He has recently been involved off-screen in addressing student ...