The Only Son (1936)
Original title: 一人息子
The Only Son is a 1936 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yasujirō Ozu, with a running time of 1h 27m. It stars Chōko Iida, Shinichi Himori and Masao Hayama.
A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher struggling to support his wife and son.
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Cast
- Chōko Iida as Tsune Nonomiya
- Shinichi Himori as Ryosuke Nonomiya
- Masao Hayama as Young Ryosuke
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Sugiko
- Mitsuko Yoshikawa as Otaka, Ryosuke's neighbour
- Tomio Aoki as Tomibo, Otaka's son
- Chishū Ryū as Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
- Tomoko Naniwa as Okubo's Wife
- Bakudan Kozo as Okubo's Son
- Eiko Takamatsu as Oshige
- Seiichi Katô as Neighbor
- Kazuo Kojima as Kimiko