She became a sensation in Japan at age 13, but her mother repeatedly stole the headlines.
One was a former "national child star," the other a mother constantly generating controversy. For Yumi Adachi, almost every stage of her 40-plus years of life has been inextricably linked to this complex mother-daughter relationship.
From child stardom and school bullying to running away from home, marriage, divorce, and finally actively shedding the child star label—is this a story of "beauty, strength, and tragedy," or a story of a girl slowly reclaiming her life?
This episode will discuss the absurd yet real 40 years between Yumi Adachi and her mother.
She became a sensation in Japan at age 13, but her mother repeatedly stole the headlines.
One was a former "national child star," the other a mother constantly generating controversy. For Yumi Adachi, almost every stage of her 40-plus years of life has been inextricably linked to this complex mother-daughter relationship.
From child stardom and school bullying to running away from home, marriage, divorce, and finally actively shedding the child star label—is this a story of "beauty, strength, and tragedy," or a story of a girl slowly reclaiming her life?
This episode will discuss the absurd yet real 40 years between Yumi Adachi and her mother.