I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy... I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.
Watch the official Maternal Awakening 2022 trailer in HD below.
Mami Kawaguchi as Heroine / Baby (voice)
Kohei Iseki as God (voice)
Mayuko Suzuki as Job hunting friend (voice)
Shiika Okada as Cram school teacher / Boss (voice)
Kanna Nazuka as High school girl (voice)
Kazune Okada as Handsome monster (voice)
Chika Masuda as Friend A (voice)
Mirei Sumiyoshi as Friend B (voice)
Mizuki Okada as Friend C (voice)
Fuka Susuki as Sex chromosome XX (voice)
Takumi Tsubata as Sex chromosome XY (voice)
Mitsuko Okamoto Producer
Yusuke Miyoshi Assistant Sound Editor
Tsutomu Asakura Sound Mixer
Shiika Okada Director
Shiika Okada Editor
Shiika Okada Animation
Shiika Okada Script
Samayu Kuroyanagi Music
Kohei Iseki Sound Designer
Junichiro Endo Sound Assistant
Jānī to the bosei no mezame Trailer
Journey to the bosei no mezame Trailer
Croatia 08 June 2022
Japan 08 March 2021
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12 October 2022
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02 February 2022
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30 September 2022
An exposé into the world of online grooming and sextortion that is a present-day reality for one in seven children online.
21 May 2022
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10 February 2022
A down-on-her-luck waitress witnesses a domestic disturbance and develops an unexpected relationship with the policeman investigating the case.
13 May 2022
A young low-level drug dealer is reunited with his estranged mom and uncle to protect him when a ruthless drug kingpin puts a hit on him.
05 March 2022
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24 October 2022
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19 October 2022
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03 October 2022
A serial killer and the detective who tracked him down find themselves in an unexpected stalemate.
07 May 2022
Mesa Posta is a film that lives off the violence of a life, which is shown in the simplicity of the gestures of the person who plays it.
18 November 2022
A grandson lives with his grandparents, taking care of housework and the old marriage. On a very special day for the granny, it will be shown why the unpredictability of an event gives a new value to the young man´s presence in the house.
Have you watched Maternal Awakening yet? What did you think about it?
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