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The Only Son

The Only Son (1936)★ 7.6/10

Not Rated · JP · 82 min · September 15, 1936

  • Drama

Directed by: Yasujirô Ozu

Written by: Yasujirô Ozu, Tadao Ikeda, Masao Arata

In 1923, a widow sacrifices her earnings to send her son from rural Shinshū to Tokyo for education. Thirteen years later, she visits him, discovering he is a struggling night school teacher with a family.

Directed by

Yasujirô Ozu

Written by

Yasujirô OzuTadao IkedaMasao Arata

Cast & crew

Chôko IidaTsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune)Shin'ichi HimoriRyosuke NonomiyaMasao HayamaRyosuke Nonomiya, as childYoshiko TsubouchiSugikoMitsuko YoshikawaO-TakaChishû RyûProfessor OokuboTomoko NaniwaOokubo's wifeJun YokoyamaOkubo's sonTomio AokiTomiboEiko TakamatsuJokouSeiichi KatōKinjo no koKazuko KojimaKunishiKiyoshi AonoMatsumura, old man