Mother's Trees

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Movie: Mother's Trees (literal title)
Romaji: Okaasan no Ki
Japanese: おかあさんの木
Director: Itsumichi Isomura
Writer: Essei Okawa (novel), Itsumichi Isomura
Producer: Yasushi Suto, Naoya Kinoshita, Takashi Hirajo, Kenji Asai, Minoru Toizumi, Kozuki, Tetsurou Sasaguri, Shigeru Ootsuji, Makoto Okada, Shintaro Horikawa
Cinematographer: Tokusho Kikumura
Release Date: June 6, 2015
Runtime: 115 min.
Genre: Drama / War
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Mitsu Tamura (Kyoka Suzuki) is the mother of 7 sons. Her sons are sent to the battlefield and 6 of her sons die on the battlefield. To mend her broken heart, she talks to 7 paulownia trees which she planted whenever one of her sons left for the battlefield.

Notes

Based on novel "Okaasan no Ki" by Essei Okawa (published 1969 by POPLAR PUBLISHING CO., LTD.).
Filming began January 22, 2015 and finishes early March, 2015. Filming takes place around Ibaraki, Shizuoka and Nagano, Japan.

Cast



Kyoka Suzuki	Takehiro Hira	Takahito Hosoyamada	Takahiro Miura	Sasuke Otsuru
Mitsu Tamura	Kenjiro Tamura	Ichiro Tamura	Jiro Tamura	Saburo Tamura



Masahiro Ohashi	Takanari Ishii	Ryuichi Ando	Jun Nishiyama	Katsumi Kiba
Shiro Tamura	Goro Tamura	Makoto Tamura	Rokuro Tamura	Tokube Tamura



Seiichi Tanabe	Mirai Shida	Yoneko Matsukane	Yoshiki Arizono	Kazuki Namioka
Shohei Sakai	Sayuri Sakai	Yone Murayama	Minoru Suzuki	Tetsuya Kobayashi



Ren Osugi	Tomohiro Ichikawa	Daikichi Sugawara	Tomoko Naraoka
principal	Kabe	Ono	Sayuri Sakai (present day)

Additional Cast Members:

Ayumu Yokoyama - Chinese kid
Yuta Takahata - Keiji Kajitani

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Graeme Rignault Sep 22 2020 7:08 pm I watched this on a flight some years ago. Couldn't understand the words but the emotions carried me along. I'd love to get an english subtitled version to purchase.

Frank Bacheller Jan 19 2017 8:10 am I watched this on a Delta flight returning to the USA from Beijing. Great movie which I would like to rent or buy. Haven't been able to find it anywhere. Any suggestions?

Kerstin Soukoreff Jan 06 2016 11:32 pm I watched this moving movie on a Air Canada flight back from Beijing, loved it and would like to know if it is available to watch or purchase somewhere?

Wally Nov 27 2015 12:06 pm I was teary-eyed, almost unable to control my tears, while watching this movie on my flight from Singapore to Taipei on an EVA plane.

I can related to this movie because of my mom (who is orphaned in WW2) and my late maternal grandma (who had to give away all her daughters as a desperately poor widow in WW2 in Malaysia).

The superb and emotional performance by Kyoka Suzuki as defenceless yet tough Mitsu is heart-rendering.

Marla Nov 17 2015 6:26 pm I watched this on my delta flight yesterday with English subtitles. Very moving movie, would watch again.

nobachan Feb 19 2015 10:51 pm WOW Suzuki Kyoka and Mirai together? <3 as a YamaShi shipper, this really means a lot since Suzuki Kyoka was Ryosuke Yamada's mom in Risou no Musuko. I'm excited for this movie

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