Chronicle of My Mother

Overview

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.

Directed by Masato Harada

Top cast

Koji Yakusho

Kosaku

Kirin Kiki

Yae

Aoi Miyazaki

Kotoko

Kaho Minami

Kuwako

Midoriko Kimura

Shigako

Rie Mimura

Ikuko

Akiko Kikuchi

Noriko

Takahiro Miura

Segawa

Erina Mano

Sadayo

Rentaro Mikuni

Hayato

Kumiko Ito

Tamayo

Harumi Shuhama

Tomomi Satō

Makoto Hada

Akihiro Ugajin

M

Mayu Hiratsuka

Koji Seki

Mariko Akama

美津

Hiroyuki Fujii

Zenki Aramaki

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