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A Mother Should be Loved

The surviving, incomplete version of Ozu's moving silent drama about a young man struggling to deal with a disturbing family secret.

Melodrama 1934 74 mins Silent

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

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Overview

The surviving version of Ozu's moving silent drama is missing both its first and last reels, but the incomplete film nevertheless achieves a dramatic intensity in its portrayal of Sadao, a young man struggling to deal with a disturbing family secret.

Director

Yasujirō Ozu

Featuring

Yukichi Iwata , Mitsuko Yoshikawa , Den Obinata , Seiichi Kato and Chishu Ryu

Genres

Melodrama

Certificate

Contains very mild violence and infrequent smoking

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese with English subtitles

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