Kaasan Mom's Life
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- Movie: Kaasan Mom's Life
- Romaji: Mainichi Kasan
- Japanese: 毎日かあさん
- Director: Shotaro Kobayashi
- Writer: Rieko Saibara (manga), Katsuhiko Manabe
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: February 5, 2011
- Runtime: 114 min.
- Production Company: Shochiku
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Rieko Saibara (Kyoko Koizumi) is a cartoonist and mother of a 6-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. When she has a difficult time, she throws away her problems with laughter. Her husband Kamoshitda (Masatoshi Nagase) used to be a war camera man, but now he's addicted to alcohol. He struggles to overcome his problem, but keeps failing. Finally, they get divorced. After Kamoshida loses his family, he realizes how precious they are. He focuses on getting away from alcohol, but another disease comes to him. Even though Saibara knows that he can not make it for long, she accepts him back to her family again. Since then a happy, but short, time exists for the family of four.
Notes
- Based on the autobiographical award-winning comic "Mainichi Kasan" (first published by Mainichi Shimbun in October, 2002) by catoonist Rieko Saibara. Her husband was war photojournalist Yutaka Kamoshida.
- Kyoko Koizumi & Masatoshi Nagase play spouses in "Mainichi Kasan" and the couple are ex-spouses in real life.
- Literal title of "Mainichi Kasan" is "Everyday Mom".
- Related titles:
- Wandering Home | Yoi Ga Sametara, Uchi Ni Kaero (2011) * based on Yutaka Kamoshida's autobiographical novel "Yoi Ga Sametara, Uchi Ni Kaero"
Cast
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| Kyoko Koizumi | Masatoshi Nagase | Kosuke Yabe | Mau Konishi |
| Rieko Saibara | Kamoshida | Bunji | Fumi |
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| Terue Shoji | Arata Furuta | Nao Omori | Tomoko Tabata | Ken Mitsuishi |
| Toshie | Gonjo | Shimada | Ai-chan | older brother |
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| Sawa Suzuki | Rie Shibata | Akira Hokuto | Tamae Ando | Kyoko Toyama |
| Mugita | Awata | Ueta | Yoneda |
Trailer
Film Festivals
- 2011 (14th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 11-19, 2011 - Asian New Talent Award Film Competition
- 2011 (31st) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 13-23, 2011 - Spotlight on Japan *U.S. Premiere
Awards
- Best Film - 2011 (14th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 11-19, 2011
- Best Actress (Kyoko Koizumi) - 2011 (66th) Mainichi Film Awards - January 18, 2012
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