The Only Son
1936 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan
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.
Direction Yasujirō Ozu
Cast Choko Iida · Shinichi Himori · Masao Hayama · Yoshiko Tsubouchi · Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Chishu Ryu · Tomoko Naniwa · Bakudankozo · Seiichi Kato · Tomio Aoki · Kiyoshi Aono · Eiko Takamatsu
Soundtrack Senji Ito
Screenplay Yasujirō Ozu · Tadao Ikeda · Masao Arata
Cinematography Shojiro Sugimoto
Original title Hitori musuko (The Only Son)
7.6
578 votes (FilmAffinity)
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