Kabei: Our Mother (2008): Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami. (7.4)
Director: Yôji Yamada
Writers: Teruyo Nogami (biography), Yôji Yamada (adaptation)
Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mirai Shida and Chieko Baishô
Language: Japanese (w/ English subtitles)
A simple story about one man's "thought crimes" against the Imperial Japan during WWII turns into an emotional train wreck at the end. Gives the viewer a glimpse of what it was like in Japan at that time, what ordinary people may have thought. It shows Japanese cultural intricacies. At the end, it shows that people and human emotions are the same everywhere. My Rating: 8.0
