Summary: Okatsu is a widow raising five children – adults but still mama-dependent – in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison. (The crime: stealing food for his starving baby.) She doesn't blink when she finds herself facing a robber late one night. (Variety)

AKA: Big Mama

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Directed By: Kon Ichikawa

Written By: Shugoro Yamamoto, Natto Wada, Hiroshi Takeyama

Starring: Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Shoichi Ozawa, Keiko Kishi, Ryuuji Harada, Yuta Yamazaki, Isao Bitoh, Kanae Katsuno

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