かあちゃん (2001)

Name: かあちゃん
Genre: Historia, Drama
Released: 2001-11-10
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 8
Cast: 岸恵子, 原田龍二, うじきつよし, 勝野雅奈恵, 山崎裕太

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.