Sickening moment a monster mother kicks her toddler daughter in the HEAD at busy Tokyo train station

Video filmed in Tokyo train station shows mother kicking daughter in head

Woman apparently delivered savage blow to stop child having a tantrum

Man filming incident shouted to mother that he was calling the police



Footage has emerged of a brutal Japanese mother kicking her daughter in the head in order to stop the child throwing a tantrum.

Shot at Tokyo's busy Shibuya train station, the short clip shows the unidentified woman trying to hurry her sobbing daughter along.



But when the girl refuses to co-operate, the mother rounds on her, delivering a swift kick to the side of her head which leaves the girl sprawled on the floor.

According to comments posted alongside the video online, the man who took the footage shouted that he had filmed the incident and was reporting the woman to the police.

The video, taken on March 1, was first posted on Reddit on Wednesday with users saying the mother's actions are 'child abuse'.



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A video has emerged showing a Japanese mother kicking her daughter in the head. The footage starts with the sobbing girl trailing behind her mother, who tries to hurry her up

When the child apparently refuses to obey her, the mother turns round before aiming a kick at her head