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Mother Game

Mother Game

152015•55m•6.0/10
DramaComedy

Ratings

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6.0/10(1)

Kanbara Kiko is a divorcee and raises her 5-year-old son alone. To open a box lunch food store, she moves to her grandfather's house. She tries to enroll her son Haruto into nursery school there, but a person in charge of the district office tells her Haruto can't attend immediately. Kiko, busy to open her box lunch food store by next month, finds herself in a predicament with her son not having supervision by then. At this time, a director of a kindergarten school, Fune Naraoka, talks to Kiko.

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Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 14, 2015

Last Aired

June 16, 2015

Networks

TBS

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2015-04-14
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2015-04-21
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2015-04-28
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2015-05-05
Episode 5
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2015-05-12
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2015-05-19
Episode 7
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 2015-05-26
Episode 8
E8
Episode 8
Air date: 2015-06-02
Episode 9
E9
Episode 9
Air date: 2015-06-09
Episode 10
E10
Episode 10
Air date: 2015-06-16

Cast

Fumino Kimura

Fumino Kimura

Kiko Kanbara

Kyoko Hasegawa

Kyoko Hasegawa

Satoko Yano

Shihori Kanjiya

Shihori Kanjiya

Yuki Kamiya

Yumi Adachi

Yumi Adachi

Midori Goto

Rei Dan

Rei Dan

Marie Odadera

Mitsuyoshi Shinoda

Mitsuyoshi Shinoda

Kyoji Kamiya

Kanon

Kanon

Reina Yano

Ayumu Mochizuki

Ayumu Mochizuki

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