Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
The relationship between Shuhei (Sho Gunji and Daiken Okudaira) and his mother Akiko Misumi (Masami Nagasawa) in Tatsushi Ohmori’s drama film ‘Mother’ is not based on any socially acceptable dynamic between a parent and a child. It’s not even symbiotic, although they are co-dependent. The only phrase that fits this context is parasitic. Since he was a child, she has asserted her authority as a mother over his conscience and used him to coax money out of people, including the boy’s father, her own parents, and sister. As a young adult, Shuhei as an individual doesn’t exist any longer. He has become a mere extension of his mother’s will. Her hold on him is so all-consuming and toxic that it leads to him committing a heinous crime without much of a protest in the final part of the film. SPOILERS AHEAD.
The relationship between Shuhei (Sho Gunji and Daiken Okudaira) and his mother Akiko Misumi (Masami Nagasawa) in Tatsushi Ohmori’s drama film ‘Mother’ is not based on any socially acceptable dynamic between a parent and a child. It’s not even symbiotic, although they are co-dependent. The only phrase that fits this context is parasitic. Since he was a child, she has asserted her authority as a mother over his conscience and used him to coax money out of people, including the boy’s father, her own parents, and sister. As a young adult, Shuhei as an individual doesn’t exist any longer. He has become a mere extension of his mother’s will. Her hold on him is so all-consuming and toxic that it leads to him committing a heinous crime without much of a protest in the final part of the film. SPOILERS AHEAD.
