Kah-chan

Name: Kah-chan
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2001-11-10
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Keiko Kishi, Ryûji Harada, Shōichi Ozawa, Kanae Katsuno, Tsuyoshi Ujiki

IMDb ID: tt0314247 · Year: 2001 · Rating: 7.3 (49 votes)

Genres: Comedy

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 tel...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesCanada: Big Mama (English)
France: La mère
Poland: Mamusia
Japan: かあちゃん (Japanese)
China: 妈妈 (Mandarin)
MamusiaRelease Date2001-11-10Runtime96 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews0Critic Reviews2Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseProduction CompaniesEizo Kyoto Film Co.
Imagica Corp.
NikkatsuIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314247/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0314247.jpgUpdated At2025-11-11T06:00:05

Directors

Kon Ichikawa

Writers

Yô Takeyama
Natto Wada
Shûgorô Yamamoto

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Keiko Kishi | Character: Okatsu
Actor: Ryûji Harada | Character: Yukichi
Actor: Shōichi Ozawa | Character: Landlord
Actor: Kanae Katsuno | Character: Masae
Actor: Tsuyoshi Ujiki | Character: Ichita
Actor: Isao Bitô | Character: Gen-san
Actor: Yûta Yamazaki | Character: Sannosuke
Actor: Nekohachi Edoya IV | Character: Actor
Actor: Masaki Iizumi | Character: Jiro
Actor: Saburô Ishikura | Character: Kumagoro
Actor: Baijaku Nakamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Fujio Tokita | Character: Actor
Actor: Ryūdō Uzaki | Character: Doshin
Actor: Akio Yokoyama | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Kon Ichikawa | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Yô Takeyama | Role: Writer
Name: Natto Wada | Role: Writer
Name: Shûgorô Yamamoto | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Masaya Nakamura | Role: Producer
Name: Yoshinobu Nishioka | Role: Producer
Name: Naoto Sarukawa | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Ryūdō Uzaki | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Yukio Isohata | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Chizuko Osada | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Yoshinobu Nishioka | Role: Art Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Teiichi Saitô | Role: Sound Department
Name: Tetsuya Ōhashi | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Kazuo Shimomura | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314247/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Canada: September 1, 2001 (Montréal World Film Festival, premiere)
Japan: November 10, 2001
China: June 2002 (Shanghai International Film Festival)

Awards

Box Office