Chronicle of My Mother

movie

Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.

Cast & crew

Kirin Kiki · Aoi Miyazaki · Rentaro Mikuni · Koji Yakusho · Akiko Kikuchi · Yasushi Inoue · Kaho Minami · Rie Mimura · Takahiro Miura · Masato Harada · Midoriko Kimura · Erina Mano

Studios & networks

CBC · dentsu · Eisei Gekijo · King Records · P's international · Shochiku · The Asahi Shimbun · The Shizuoka Shimbun · Toei Tokyo · Wako · Yahoo! Japan