- HD 1080
- Runtime: 98m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Mikio Naruse
- Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyōko Kagawa, Eiji Okada, Akihiko Katayama, Daisuke Katō
- keywords: widow, poverty, laundry, death in family, kimono, singing competition, post war life, sick bed
- Production_studio: Shintoho Company
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Mother is featured in the top rankings of 1952
- #20 in Top Drama Movies of 1952
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.