Kaasan, Mom’s Life (2011)

Kaasan, Mom’s Life is a 2011 Japanese movie directed by Shotaro Kobayashi and based on an award-winning autobiographical manga by Rieko Saibara.

Movie info

Original title: 毎日かあさん
Transliterated title: Mainichi Kaasan
Release date: February 5, 2011
Distributed by: Shochiku

Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Vicol Entertainment (Hong Kong)
Out: Sep 29, 2011
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Plot

Reiko is a manga artist who has been raising her two children, aged 4 and 6, on her own lately. Although her life is hectic as a single mom, it’s also happy and full of laughter.

When her alcoholic husband, war journalist Yutaka Kamoshida, returns home, his drunken rages almost break Reiko’s spirit and she’s forced to ask for a divorce.

After the divorce, Yutaka is diagnosed with terminal cancer and Reiko decides to support him in spite of their turbulent past.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Kyoko Koizumi	Reiko
	Masatoshi Nagase	Yutaka Kamoshida
	Kosuke Yabe
	Mau Konishi
	Akira Hokuto
	Arata Furuta
	Ken Mitsuishi
	Kyoko Toyama
	Nao Omori
	Rie Shibata
	Sawa Suzuki
	Tamae Ando
	Terue Shoji
	Tomoko Tabata

Trivia

Yoichi Higashi's 2010 film Wandering Home covered many of the same real-life events. However, it was based on an autobiographical novel by Saibara’s late ex-husband.