Big Mama
2001 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
A strong-willed matriarch (Keiko Kishi) struggles to keep her brood of five -- including three grown sons and a pretty, marriageable daughter -- on the road to financial survival, if not success. She has also given them a strong moral core, as evidenced by their collective effort to save a friend of the oldest son from ruin.
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Keiko Kishi · Ryuuji Harada · Shoichi Ozawa · Kanae Katsuno · Tsuyoshi Ujiki · Isao Bitô · Yuta Yamazaki · Masaki Iizumi · Saburo Ishikura
Soundtrack Ryudo Uzaki
Screenplay Hiroshi Takeyama · Natto Wada · Shugoro Yamamoto
Cinematography Yukio Isohata
Original title Kah-chan
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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