The Only Son
1936·Japan·87 min.
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In 1923, in the province of Shinshu, the widow and simple worker of a silk factory Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune) decides to send her only son to Tokyo for having a better education. Thirteen years later, she visits her son Ryosuke Nonomiya (Shinichi Himori), and finds that he is a poor and frustrated night-school teacher with a wife, Sugiko (Yoshiko Tsubouchi), and a baby boy.
DirectorYasujirō Ozu
MusicSenji Ito
CinematographyShojiro Sugimoto
CastChoko Iida·Shinichi Himori·Masao Hayama·Yoshiko Tsubouchi·Mitsuko Yoshikawa·Chishu Ryu·Tomoko Naniwa·Bakudankozo·Seiichi Kato·Tomio Aoki·Kiyoshi Aono·Eiko TakamatsuShow all
Original titleHitori musuko (The Only Son)