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A Mother Should Be Loved
A Mother Should Be Loved
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A MOTHER SHOULD BE LOVED

母を恋はずや | Haha wo kowazuya

Directed by Yasujirô Ozu
Japan, 1934
Drama, Silent

Synopsis

A family’s life is shattered when the patriarch dies. Eight years later, the elder son learns that he is not his mother’s biological son. He rejects her love until he is upbraided by a family friend. Survives in a 73 minute fragment – the first and last reels are lost – of the original 93 minutes.

Synopsis

A family’s life is shattered when the patriarch dies. Eight years later, the elder son learns that he is not his mother’s biological son. He rejects her love until he is upbraided by a family friend. Survives in a 73 minute fragment – the first and last reels are lost – of the original 93 minutes.