Movie

Kah-chan (2001)

• November 10, 2001
• 1h 36m

• History
• Drama

Overview

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.

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Writers

Natto Wada, Yo Takeyama, Shūgorō Yamamoto

Starring

Keiko Kishi, Ryuji Harada, Tsuyoshi Ujiki