A Mother Should Be Loved

Rebel Without a Cause meets family drama. A young man learns his mother is actually his stepmother. Ozu delivers nuanced family tensions.

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Yasujirō Ozu directed A Mother Should Be Loved in 1934. See Yasujirō Ozu's full filmography, where to start with Yasujirō Ozu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasujirō Ozu.

A Mother Should Be Loved was released in 1934 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 74 minutes.