MOTHER
MOTHER マザー
2020 · 2h 7m · Drama · Japan · Rated 12 (DE)
She was the world to him.
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.
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Tatsushi Ōmori6.5Smart score
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based on true storychild abusecodependencydomestic violencedysfunctional familyfamily conflictgambling addictionjapanmoney problemsmother son relationshipneglectpovertypregnancypsychological manipulationsingle mothersocial workertoxic parentsunemployment
Rating12 (DE)
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