

True Mothers
After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu make the decision to adopt a child. Six years after adopting a boy they named Asato, Satoko has quit her job to concentrate fully on her husband and son. The family lives a peaceful existence until the arrival of a stranger.
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- Language
- Japanese
- based on novel or book
- married couple
- adoption
- family relationships
- motherhood
- adoptee
- human mystery
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United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTT16 Apr 2021
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AToronto International Film Festival16 Sept 2020
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)1223 Oct 2020
BrazilBR
- Theatrical12 Nov 2020
- Digital / OTT14VOD14 Jul 2021
ChileCL
- Digital / OTTSantiago International Film Festival20 Aug 2021
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1523 Oct 2020
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-128 Apr 2022
FranceFR
- Theatrical28 Jul 2021
- Digital / OTTVOD2 Nov 2021
- PhysicalDVD1 Dec 2021
ItalyIT
- Theatrical13 Jan 2022
JapanJP
- Theatrical23 Oct 2020
NetherlandsNL
- Digital / OTT1223 Oct 2020
NorwayNO
- TV1523 Oct 2020
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True Mothers was released on 23 October 2020.
Audience reviews
2- B5/10
badelf
12/25/2021
The basic idea of the movie is pretty good but the story wanders all over the place. And the director's vision also wanders all over the place. Between those two faults, the movie is a mess. Still, I didn't turn it off in the first act.
- A10/10
Alunauwie
9/24/2025
True Mothers, adapted from Mizuki Tsujimura’s novel Asa ga Kuru, offers a deeply emotional exploration of motherhood through the intersecting lives of Satoko and Hikari, two women connected by a child and bound by sacrifice. Instead of focusing solely on custody conflict, the film thoughtfully portrays different forms of maternal love—both from the woman who gives birth and the one who raises the child. With strong p…
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