Japan Synopsis
朝が来る
After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, convinced by the discourse of an adoption association, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a baby boy. A few years later, their parenthood is shaken by a threatening unknown girl, Hikari, who pretends to be the child's biological mother. Satoko decides to confront Hikari directly.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with True Mothers. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Kumie
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
True Mothers holds position #232 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 True Mothers premiered alongside 149 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4174th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
59 audience reviews — more than 67% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 59th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on True Mothers, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- married couple · 5
- motherhood · 2
- adoptee · 1
- adoption · 7
- based on novel or book · 288
- family relationships · 57
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,593 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #695 of 1,933 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Kumie, Kazumo, Kino Films, Kinoshita Group |
| Runtime | 2h 20m |
| Release Date | October 23, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt10418630 |