Limited series · TBS
Fake Mommy
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The story
What it's about
A former Tokyo University elite struggling with job hunting forms an unlikely partnership with a tough-as-nails, high school dropout entrepreneur to fake a perfect mother-daughter image for a prestigious elementary school entrance exam, risking legal trouble and moral collapse in a desperate scheme to secure the child's future.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Choru HanProducer
- Yuho TadanoProducer
- Mao NakanishiProducer
Direction
- Moeka MiyazakiDirector
- Kouya ShimadaDirector
Cinematography
- Fumihito KatamuraDirector of Photography
Music
- Hiroaki TsutsumiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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