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Kah-chan

かあちゃん

Release: 2001-11-10 ·Runtime: 96m
History Drama

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Eizo Kyoto Film Co.
IMAGICA
Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd.
Nikkatsu Corporation