Desperate Motherhood (2011)
Original title: 名前をなくした女神
Desperate Motherhood is a 2011 Japanese-language drama series. It stars Kana Kurashina, Yoshino Kimura and Nishida Natsumi.
The story focuses on a group of moms who all have children around the same age. These women form a bond through sharing their anxieties about raising their children, each coming from a different background. However, the friendship between the five women also turns to jealousy and betrayal, due to the fact that their children are all taking similar entrance exams for elementary school.
Cast
- Kana Kurashina as Shindo Mao
- Yoshino Kimura as Motomiya Reina
- Nishida Natsumi as Higashino Rumi
- Yumi Adachi as Fukazawa Masami
- Ryo as Sawada Rikako
- Machiko Ono as Anno Chihiro
- Anne Watanabe as Akiyama Yuko
- Takeshi Tsuruno as Akiyama Takumi
- Issey Takahashi as Anno Hidetaka
- Seiran Kobayashi as Motomiya Ayaka
- Kanon Tani as Shindo Rara
- Masato Hagiwara as Yuki Hiromi