Mother — Season 1, Episode 5: The “mother” of the two

Episode synopsis

Nao realizes the old lady -owns the barbershop- that was helping her with Tsugami is really her birth mother that she believes abandoned her many years ago. The reporter that was tracking her down from Hokkaido finds her in Tokyo with Tsuagmi. He blackmails her for 10 million yen to keep his silence. At the same time, in Hokkaido Reina's mother mother Hitomi (Ono Matiko) has her daughter's funeral.

About Mother

Yasuko Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Escape from child abuse, the two who became the birds of passage
• E2The two without a place to go
• E3The warmth of a mother’s hand
• E4I want to let her attend school
• E6Goodbye mother
• E7Return her to me!
• E8The bond that can’t be broken
• E9The two torn apart
• E10I want to see you just once
• E11I will always love you