TRUE MOTHERS

ASA GA KURU

By Kawase NAOMI

PLAYTIME - as SALES All rights

Family - Completed 2020

After "Radiance", the 3-time Cannes awarded director Naomi Kawase returns with a touching movie placing us in the heart of Japanese adoption system.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2020
Official Selection
Toronto - TIFF 2020
Special Presentations
San Sebastian FF 2020
Official selection
Cannes 2020
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Family, Drama, Book adaptation
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 140 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kawase NAOMI
    • Producer(s)
    • Yumiko TAKEBE (KINO FILMS CO., LTD)
    • Synopsis
    • After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, convinced by the discourse of an adoption association, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a baby boy. A few years later, their parenthood is shaken by a threatening unknown girl, Hikari, who pretends to be the child's biological mother. Satoko decides to confront Hikari directly.