Abarenbo Mama
22-year old Kawano Ayu was brought up way out in the country. She's a rough-mannered tomboy. When she meets Tetsu, a divorced beautician, the two fall in love and get married. Immediately after their happy new life begins, they are visited by a 5-year old boy, Yuki, who claims to be Tetsu's son. Ayu reluctantly becomes the boy's mother, but has no idea how to raise a child. What's more, at kindergarten, she must confront the elegant mothers of the neighborhood. Ayu's humorous life as a rookie mother begins.
Yûichi Satô
Junichi Ishikawa
Casts & Crew
Nana Katase
Aya Ueto
Yo Oizumi
Takeru Shibuya
Rie Tomosaka
Sayaka Yamaguchi
Himura Yuki
Megumi Nakayama
Osamu Mukai
Yuriko Hirooka
Kôji Seto
Mikihisa Azuma
Shin'ya Ohwada
Kumiko Okae
Takuma Otoo
Also Directed by Yûichi Satô
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Also Directed by Junichi Ishikawa
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