Image of a Mother

    The final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s central themes as a young boy must learn to form a relationship with his new stepmother. A rare scope feature from Shimizu, his final work forms a fitting farewell to a career so devoted to the lives of the misunderstood.
    Drama
    • Runtime: 1 hour and 29 minutes
    • Release Date: March 4, 1959
    Image of a Mother
    Chikage Awashima
    Image of a Mother
    Jun Negami
    Image of a Mother
    Chieko Murata
    Image of a Mother
    Bontarō Miake
    Image of a Mother
    Tamae Kiyokawa
    Image of a Mother
    Tatsuo Hanabu
    Image of a Mother
    Kenji Oyama