The Ones Left Behind: Film documents plight of single mothers in Japan and a cycle of poverty for their kids
The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework, all while suffering from poverty. The award-winning independent documentary film “The Ones Left Behind,” released last year, tells the story of such single mothers in Japan, weaving together interviews with the women and experts, and showing the other side of a culture whose ideal is for women to get married and become stay-at-home housewives and mothers. “This is a topic that no one wants to really touch. In Japan, it’s very taboo,” Australian filmmaker Rionne...
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