Japan Synopsis
MOTHER マザー
“She was the world to him.”
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
500 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. MOTHER sits at position #309.
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with MOTHER. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when MOTHER premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,334 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,036 of 1,933 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | STAR SANDS |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | July 3, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11656548 |
| Official Site | www.gaga.co.jp |