This is not a story about lamenting the inevitability of time but rather of living in denial.
Comment
05/20/09
Rate this Movie 
Kabei: Our Mother (2009)
85
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:11
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Theatrical Release:May 22, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: The latest film from Yoji Yamada depicts the strong bond between a mother and her family during WWII. Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father,... [More]
Get This Movie
Rent DVD
Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Buy DVD
Reviews for Kabei: Our Mother
1 - 13 (sorted by critic A-Z)
Enriched by Mutsuo Naganuma’s velvety photography, the director’s restrained emotional grammar is surprisingly affecting.
05/22/09
Top CriticShows the Shochiku journeyman's prowess in hitting the right buttons to move Japanese auds.
02/14/08
Top CriticThe film’s comparisons of one woman’s suffering to one nation’s social descent aren’t well drawn enough to escape its own melodramatic pitfalls.
05/20/09
Yoji Yamada's historical drama about a Japanese family's travails during wartime imperial rule teeters on the edge of melodrama, but thankfully hews to a stable and surprisingly poignant path.
06/19/09
Partly because they're relatively rare, homefront movies usually offer a fresh perspective on the tragedies of World War II. That's the case once more with Kabei: Our Mother, a sad and stirring drama from the other side of the Pacific.
07/10/09
Hits all the right spots to make you cry like chopping onions.
02/14/08
Top CriticDelicately observed.
05/13/09
For those who prefer movies of substance, there are alternatives -- and I don't mean Terminator Salvation.
05/22/09
Top Critic[An] unpretentious, engrossing, well-nuanced and tender drama brimming with a raw and powerfully moving performance by Sayuri Yoshinaga.
05/24/09
Old workhorse Yamada delivers the solar plexus emotional hit of a tragic telegram with precision that shows a lifetime's practice, turning Hallmarkisms sublime.
05/19/09
Top CriticDeeply powerful study of a family trying to survive repression and poverty in wartime Japan with much in common--unexpectedly--with the director's Samurai trilogy.
05/21/09
Painful though it may be, Kâbê is finely crafted and totally enjoyable. Watch
09/08/09
1 - 13 (sorted by critic A-Z)
Latest News for Kabei: Our Mother
May 25, 2009:
Trailer & Poster review 
More...
May 21, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Terminator, Night Are So-So Sequels
This week at the movies, we've got deadly machines (Terminator Salvation, starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington); historical hysterics (Night at the Museum: Battle of the... More...
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
History of Disney Animation
MSN Movies offers a little background on the success of Disney Animation.
90 Years of Screen Vampires
TIME takes a look back at the history of vampires on film.
Virtuoso Vistas of Lovely Bones
Techland examines the visual splendor of Peter Jackson's upcoming film.
Recent Headlines as TV Movies
AOL put together a list of 10 recent news items that would be perfect as TV Movies.
The Death of Original Thought
Hollywood.com's C. Robert Cargill explores how remakes and reboots have warped our thinking.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds