Image of a Mother

Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu

With Jun Negami, Chikage Awashima, Mitsuhiro Môri, Chieko Murata and Bontarō Miake

The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries the kind-hearted Sonoko, who has a daughter of her own. As Michio clings to memories of his mother, the family navigates the challenges of grief, love, and new beginnings.