Only handful of people I know have had the pleasure of seeing a prescreening of "Mother's Birthday" ... and they all loved it! "Mother's Birthday" is a film for everyone. Writer-Director Matsumura tells a story combining only the most necessary verbiage with the most beautiful of visual technique by his cinematographer. Matsumura's use of sound is pertinent. His use of music is an audio pleasure. Matsumura implies life throughout this short feature film by weaving clip after clip together of nature-in-action which adds exponentially to the sense of life of the story told by the film. "Mother's Birthday" is a film that tells a story without all the superficial tools used to sell films today. Our society would no doubt be healthier if more people saw more films like "Mother's Birthday".
