Remember My Mother

In the late 1950s, Hirosaku Inami (Koji Yakusho) had become a best-selling author ) took his busy schedule to return to his hometown in Yushima to visit his elderly parents. At home far away in Tokyo, his wife Mizu (played by Akama Mariko), eldest daughter Ikuko (played by Miru) and second daughter Noriko (played by Akiko Kikuchi) are helping him non-stop with auxiliary work. The youngest daughter Kotoko (played by Miyazaki Aoi) who is in the rebellious period is resisting her father's power intentionally or unintentionally. Not long after returning to Tokyo, bad news came about his old father Hayato (played by Routaro Mikuni), leaving Hongsaku with countless emotions that he could not fathom. As time goes by, Yi Shang's family gets together and disperses. The girls gradually grow up and have each other's lives and concerns. Hong Zuo, who has always been strong, gradually tastes the loneliness of being an elder. At the same time, her mother Yae (played by Shirin Shu)’s memory gradually declines as she grows older. On the one hand, he is fulfilling his obligations as a son of man, but on the other hand, he has a grudge because he was "abandoned" by his mother in childhood. Underneath the myriad of emotions, there is an everlasting bond... This film is adapted from the autobiographical novel "My Mother" written by Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue (divided into three parts: "Under the Flower", "Moonlight" and "Snow Face").