JAPAN · 2001

Kah-chan

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age maternal sacrifice poverty and frugality loyalty and friendship famine and hardship family dependency
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Synopsis

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.

Year2001
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
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