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.
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 2019–2021 Japan Window
MOTHER holds position #309 of 500 Japan films in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when MOTHER premiered alongside 149 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4115th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
79 audience reviews — more than 72% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 62th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on MOTHER, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- money problems · 3
- family conflicts · 2
- codependency · 2
- gambling addiction · 1
- pregnancy · 22
- mother son relationship · 21
- child abuse · 15
- unemployment · 6
- japan · 454
- based on true story · 98
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 |