Mother
1988 · 76 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 29 VOTES · DIR. Zenzō Matsuyama
Overview
From the point-of-view of the children, ""Mother"" tells the story of the most unappreciated, loving and giving mother, who would sacrifice her own life, and sometimes the life of others, for her loved ones. In the autumn of 1955, a family of five children is living in the Tohoku area. In order to take care of her paralysed husband, the mother has to sacrifice her five children by giving them away. The children has to suffer all the loneliness and hardships that this decision has brought them. 15 years have passed, all five of them have got married. Now, they come to understand that their mother's love for them was the greatest love of all.
Dialogue Timeline — 596 lines
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00:01:51 Mom!
00:05:39 How do you feel?
00:08:00 Carrot can't help.
00:12:32 You in?
00:14:45 Stuff yourselves.
00:20:24 What'll happen to Dad?
00:23:58 I'm glad you came home.
00:26:19 I don't get it!
00:27:43 Grow by yourselves.
00:30:29 Quit being a mother? Impossible.
00:32:30 Dad didn't die so long as Mom was with him.
00:35:19 Mom quickly moved to bring tea, cookies or water.
00:37:14 I accepted.
00:39:27 Awful
00:41:18 Speaking. November 10.
00:42:48 But in my opinion, they can go astray, too.
00:45:54 Me? I run a shop in Harajuku.
00:48:37 Since I quit being your mom, I have no right to say it, but
00:51:05 and feeding Dad mouth to mouth.
00:53:35 Let's go.
00:55:44 About three years ago
01:00:52 Dad never said a word. He was like a vegetable.
01:06:49 Can't you tell?
01:09:27 But after Dad's first death anniversary passed