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MOTHER

MOTHER

She was the world to him.

2020•2h 7m•7.0/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.0/10(95)

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.

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Production

STAR SANDS, Happinet, KADOKAWA, The Asahi Shimbun, GAGA Corporation, Aeon Entertainment, TBS Radio, Filmarks

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Akiko Misumi

Daiken Okudaira

Daiken Okudaira

Shūhei

Sadao Abe

Sadao Abe

Ryō Kawada

Kaho

Kaho

Aya Takahashi

Sarutoki Minagawa

Sarutoki Minagawa

Tamori Uji

Taiga Nakano

Taiga Nakano

Keiichi Akagawa

Kaho Tsuchimura

Kaho Tsuchimura

Kaede Misumi

Zenki Aramaki

Zenki Aramaki

Shima Onishi

Shima Onishi

Hana Kino

Hana Kino

Masako Misumi

Sho Gunji

Haro Asada

Haro Asada

Fuyuka

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