True Mothers

Hitchcock's Vertigo without the mystery. A couple adopts a child after struggling with infertility, only to have the biological mother reappear years later. Carried by Hiromi Nagasaku's understated performance, the film evokes the quiet desperation of lives carefully built.

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True Mothers was released in 2020 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 140 minutes.