

Chronicle of My Mother
2012-04-28 · 119 min · ★ 6.6
Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.
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- Directors
- Masato Harada
- Production companies
- Shochiku, P's international, King Records, dentsu, Eisei Gekijo, CBC, Wako, Yahoo! Japan, The Asahi Shimbun, The Shizuoka Shimbun, Toei Tokyo
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Koji YakushoKosaku
Kirin KikiYae
Aoi MiyazakiKotoko
Kaho MinamiKuwako
Midoriko KimuraShigako
Rie MimuraIkuko
Akiko KikuchiNoriko
Takahiro MiuraSegawa
Erina ManoSadayo
Rentaro MikuniHayato
Kumiko ItoTamayo
Harumi Shuhama
Tomomi Satō
Makoto Hada
Akihiro Ugajin
Koji Seki
Mariko Akama美津
Hiroyuki Fujii
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