Haha wo kowazuya
AKA [A Mother Should Be Loved] : {Haha o kowazu-ya}
(1934) Japanese
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

Cast: Yukichi Iwata [Chichi Kajiwara-shi], Mitsuko Yoshikawa [Haha Chieko], Den Obinata [Chounan Sadao], Seiichi Kato [Sono shounen-jidai (Sadao, as a child)], Hideo Mitsui [Jinan Kousaku], Shisei Nomura [Sono shounen-jidai (Kousaku as a child)], Shinyo Nara [Okazaki], Shinobu Aoki [Sono fujin (his wife)], Kyôko Mitsukawa [Bakery no musume, Kazuko], Chishu Ryu [Hattori], Yumeko Aizome [Mitsuko], Junko Matsui [Ranko], Chouko Iida [Chabuya no soujifu]

Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo production; distributed by Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo. / Scenario by Kôgo Noda and Masao Arata, from an adaptation by Tadao Ikeda of a novel by Shuutarou Komiya. Cinematography by Isamu Aoki. / Released 11 May 1934. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 6 February 2007.

References: Sato-Currents p. 192 : Website-IMDb.