Lying to Mom

Lying to Mom

2018•2h 13m•6.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(8)

Suzuki Koichi, a 30-something hikikomori shut-in, allows his mother to dotingly tend to his needs. When she discovers that Koichi has killed himself, the shock is so great she loses consciousness and her memory of that day.

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Production

Shochiku, Shochiku Broadcasting, HARVEST FILM

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Yukio Suzuki

Hideko Hara

Hideko Hara

Yuko Suzuki

Mai Kiryu

Mai Kiryu

Fumi Suzuki

Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Koichi Suzuki

Chiaki Kawamo

Chiaki Kawamo

Yoneyama

Kayoko Kishimoto

Kayoko Kishimoto

Kimiko Suzuki

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Kitabeppu

Mondo Yamagishi

Sako

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Satsuki Hibino

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Hiroshi Yoshino

Canon Nawata

Canon Nawata

Salesperson

Takenori Kaneko

Takenori Kaneko

Momoi Shimada

Momoi Shimada

Tatsuya Shirato

Tatsuya Shirato

Hideaki Washio

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