The Only Son
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- Movie: The Only Son
- Romaji: Hitori musuko
- Japanese: 一人息子
- Director: Yasujiro Ozu
- Writer: Tadao Ikeda, Masao Arata
- Producer:
- Cinematographer: Shojiro Sugimoto
- Release Date: September 15, 1936
- Runtime: 87 min.
- Studio: Shochiku
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
"The Only Son" examines the motherly love of a peasant who gives up everything so that her son can have education in Tokyo. Ten years later, she pays her son a visit in Tokyo, believing that he has become a successful person. However, upon arrival, she finds that he is far from being successful. In fact, he is working as a teacher in an evening school and lives with his wife in poverty
Notes
- First film directed by Yasujiro Ozu that incorporates sound.
Cast
- Chouko Iida - Tsune Nonomiya
- Shinichi Himori - Ryosuke Nonomiya
- Masao Hayama - Ryosuke Nonomiya, as child
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi - Sugiko
- Mitsuko Yoshikawa - O-Taka
- Chishu Ryu - Professor Ookubo
- Tomoko Naniwa - Ookubo's wife
- Bakudankozo - Okubo's son
- Kiyoshi Seino - Matsumura, old man
- Eiko Takamatsu - Jokou
- Seiichi Kato - Kinjo no ko
- Kazuo Kojima - Kimiko
- Tomio Aoki - Tomibo
