The Only Son

The Only Son (1936)

Not Rated 01 Apr 1987 • Drama • 1h 27m
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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.

Yasujirô Ozu
Director
Yasujirô Ozu, Tadao Ikeda, Masao Arata
Writer
Chôko Iida, Shin'ichi Himori, Masao Hayama
Starring

Language: Japanese, German
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Country: Japan
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7.7

IMDb (4137 votes)
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