Rebirth
Original title: Yôkame no semi
2011 · 2 h 27 min
Izuru NarushimaCast
Hiromi Nagasaku 
Mao Inoue 
Eiko Koike Konomi Watanabe 
Yōko Moriguchi 
Tetsushi Tanaka
Plot
After her affair ends, Kiwako kidnaps the baby of her lover and raises it as her own for four years until the police catch up with her.
Sinekatalog’s take
A long, emotional drama about motherhood and crime.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Japan Academy Film Prize 2012: Best Director (Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year) — Izuru Narushima
- Japan Academy Film Prize 2012: Best Film (Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year)
- Japan Academy Film Prize 2012: Best Film (Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year)
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (944 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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