2001 · 1h 36m · History, Drama
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…
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writers: Natto Wada, Yo Takeyama, Shūgorō Yamamoto
Music by: Ryudo Uzaki
Cinematography: Yukio Isohata
Editor: Chizuko Osada