The Routledge Handbook of Motherhood on Screen offers a comprehensive global analysis of the representation of Mothers and Motherhood in contemporary screen industries and online spaces. From the Contents: 8. Transgender Mothers and Ikai in Japanese Films (Katsuya Izumi); 13. The Anatomy of Dependence: Other Faces of Motherhood on Japanese Post-Millennial Screen (Ana Došen); 17. Mothers-turned-activists in Japanese documentary film. Tokieda Toshie and the pioneer ‘democratic motherhood’; 27. Failing at Being a Perfect Mama: Portrayals of Women’s Labour and Child Abandonment in Contemporary Japanese Films (Herb L. Fondevilla).