A Mother Should Be Loved
1934, Japanese. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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A Mother Should Be Loved is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- Released
- 11 May 1934
- Original title
- 母を恋はずや
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kōgo Noda, Masao Arata, Tadao Ikeda
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A Mother Should Be Loved runs 74 minutes (1h 14m).
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Who directed A Mother Should Be Loved?
A Mother Should Be Loved (1934) was directed by Yasujirō Ozu and stars Yukichi Iwata, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Den Obinata.