MOTHER

Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.

• child abuse
• japan
• social worker
• pregnancy
• neglect
• based on true story
• dysfunctional family
• domestic violence
• poverty
• single mother
• family conflict
• unemployment
• money problems
• gambling addiction
• mother son relationship
• codependency
• psychological manipulation
• toxic parents