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Mother and Child

1938Movie1 h 29 min

61
DecentGoodWatch score

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Story

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her mother's loneliness, while also having an affair with her father's subordinate.

Cast

Crew

Directed by
Minoru Shibuya
Written by
Takao Yanai

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Facts

July 1, 1938 · 1 h 29 min · Drama

Released
July 1, 1938
Runtime
1 h 29 min
Genres
Drama
Original language
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Available in
1 country

Tropes

Interrupted Intimacy, Time Skip, No Antagonist +9

  • Interrupted Intimacy
  • Time Skip
  • No Antagonist
  • Death by Childbirth
  • Nice Guy
  • Motor Mouth
  • A Minor Kidroduction
  • Irony
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Chekhov's Gun
  • Country Matters
  • Law of Inverse Fertility

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Q&A

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Questions about Mother and Child

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Where can I stream Mother and Child?

It streams in 1 other country, but not in the United States.

Is Mother and Child worth watching?

61
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 61 (IMDb 6.1).

Is Mother and Child in English?

Japanese

No, it was made in Japanese.