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Apr 28, 2012 · Chronicle of My Mother: Directed by Masato Harada. With Koji Yakusho, Kaho Minami, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki. Based on an autobiographical novel by Inoue Yasushi, the film chronicles the passage of fifteen years within a family struggling with abandonment, resentment and decline with old age.
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- Drama
- Masato Harada
- 2012-04-28
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 family.
The new situation brings with it an unexpected change as Kosaku, who was not in fact brought up by his mother and has never got on well with her, begins to establish a bond. Ironically, this happens just as the two daughters decide they can no longer stand her and her infantile outbursts.
Waga haha no ki explores themes such as conflict and resentment, death and absence, and is a window into the culture, values and part of the Japanese idiosyncrasy. It's a beautiful film about the cycles of life and memory.
Chronicle of My Mother (わが母の記, Waga haha no ki) is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Masato Harada based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue.
Apr 28, 2012 · Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds. Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay.
Apr 28, 2012 · Chronicles Of My Mother 2012 (Japan), also known as Waga Haha no Ki is Japan drama premiere on Apr 28, 2012.
