Okaasan no Ki
おかあさんの木
Synopsis
1937 mother plants Paulownia seeds, praying daily for safe return of three sons sent to war.
Based on a book by Okawa Etsuo. In 1937 a mother with 7 children has to see her eldest three sons go off to war. She plants Paulownia tree seeds and prays to the trees every day for her sons to come back safely.
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