改編自日本文壇大師井上靖1975年的半自傳小說。多才導演原田真人與樹木希林首次合作。樹木希林飾演母親，兒子一角則由與導演合作多時的影帝役所廣司演繹。單看兩位爐火純青的演員合作，已讓人萬分期待。故事由父親逝世說起，已成大作家的長子洪作心中一直對當年母親離棄他的事耿耿於懷，想知道原因。但年紀漸大的母親開始有腦退化，洪作為減輕姐姐負擔，接手照護母親，母子間的芥蒂在她逐漸失去記憶的同時消退，重現彼此隱藏心底的愛。洪作揹起母親看海一幕，是經典中的經典。她憑此片第二度獲頒日本電影金像獎最佳女主角。

In 1975, author Inoue Yasushi combined three autobiographical short stories into a single novel, tracing his sometimes-strained relationship with his dementia-afflicted mother in her final years. Director Harada Masato channels the likes of Ozu Yasujiro and Naruse Mikio with this measured and touching mother-son drama. As Inoue’s alter ego – a self-centered writer who is still coming to grips with his mother’s abandonment during the war – Yakusho Koji commands the screen with gravitas. Meanwhile, Kiki Kirin is heartbreaking as the writer’s mother, an old woman who grapples with slowly losing the memories that she holds most dear.