A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)

193459mdir. Yasujirō OzuJapaneseJapansilent filmdrama film

Note: this print runs 59 minutes against a recorded 93 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Kōji Mitsui, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Chishū Ryū

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

A Mother Should Be Loved (母を恋はずや, Haha o kowazuya) is a 1934 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, the first and last reels of which have been lost. Ozu had wanted to name the film Tokyo Twilight, but studio executives preferred a title that referenced motherhood, a popular theme in Japanese cinema at the time of release.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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