TRUE MOTHERS

ASA GA KURU

By Naomi KAWASE

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Drama - Completed 2020


Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2020
Gala Presentation
Cannes 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 139 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Naomi KAWASE
    • Synopsis
    • After a long suffering experience in fertility treatment, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu choose to participate in adoption system. 6 years after adopting a boy who they named Asato, they were living in peace as a family. But one day, Satoko receives a threatening phone call from someone who names Hikari, Asato’s biological mother who gave birth to him at age 14. Hikari demands to have her son back, and to pay her the money if Satoko refuses to give him back. Being suspicious about her, Satoko decides to confront her for the sake of her family.