Being Born. (2011)

Original title: 生まれる。

The Hayashidas were a typical happy family of father, mother, two boys and two girls. Until it all changed suddenly with the untimely death of the father, Shinpei. While still mourning his passing, the children are hit by another bit of shocking news from their mother “Truth is… I'm pregnant.” The news of their mother's pregnancy at 51 sets into motion a new series of challenges for the four children, particularly for the eldest sister, Manami, who now becomes the family patriarch, forced to struggle with the pressures and responsibilities of “child rearing” and “family ties”, not to mention greater philosophical questions about the meaning of life. A moving, life-sized human drama..

Being Born.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    My mother became pregnant at the age of 51, the human drama that shows the bonds of life

  • 1x2

    The family secret

  • 1x3

    There's a life inside my mother's stomach

  • 1x4

    Is life chosen?

  • 1x5

    I'm glad i came to mama

  • 1x6

    Chapter 2: family ties are born

  • 1x7

    Because we are family

  • 1x8

    Life that seems to disappear connects my family

  • 1x9

    Final chapter: born living miracle

  • 1x10

    A bond between people is born

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