Kaasan Moms Life (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Taiwan Version)

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Director Higashi Yoichis Wandering Home is a fictional adaptation of an autobiography by a traumatized war photographer whose alcoholism destroyed himself & his family. Now, see the story from his long-suffering ex-wifes point of view in Kaasans Moms Life, based on the popular autobiographical manga series by Saibara Rieko. This live-action adaptation stars Koizumi Kyoko ( Tokyo Sonata) as Saibara, a manga artist struggling to juggle work, her two children, & her alcoholic husband everyday. In a surprise casting move that shocked the Japanese film world, Koizumis real-life ex-husband Nagase Masatoshi ( Funuke Show Some Love You Losers) plays Saibaras self-destructive husband in a performance that earned him the Best Actor award at the Japan Film Critics Award. Director Kobayashi Shotaro & writer Manabe Katsuhiko inject a sense of humor into the story without undermining the subject matter, fluidly shifting between dark comedy & a serious exploration of alcoholisms effect on family.

On a typical day, manga artist Saibara Rieko (Koizumi Kyoko) takes her two children to school, works at home, & visits her husband Yutaka (Nagase Masatoshi) at rehab. A former war photographer who has been truly affected by what he has seen in the war zone, Yutaka is a good family man, a failing writer, & an alcoholic. Despite Riekos warnings, Yutaka finally drinks himself into the hospital, leading to the two agreeing to divorce. When the children confess to their mother that they miss their father, Rieko agrees to take Yutaka back again when he quits drinking. Will Yutaka finally lives up to his promise, or will he go back to his old ways?