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    The Only Son

    87'

    1936-09-15

    7.4

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    WritingYasujirō OzuDirectingYasujirō Ozu

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    Cast

    2

    Tsune Nonomiya

    Chōko Iida

    1

    Ryosuke Nonomiya

    Shinichi Himori

    1

    Young Ryosuke

    Masao Hayama

    1

    Sugiko

    Yoshiko Tsubouchi

    1

    Otaka, Ryosuke's neighbour

    Mitsuko Yoshikawa

    1

    Tomibo, Otaka's son

    Tomio Aoki

    2

    Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher

    Chishū Ryū

    1

    Okubo's Wife

    Tomoko Naniwa

    1

    Okubo's Son

    Bakudan Kozo

    1

    Oshige

    Eiko Takamatsu

    1

    Neighbor

    Seiichi Katô

    1

    Kimiko

    Kazuo Kojima

    1

    Matsumura

    Kiyoshi Seino

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Shochiku
    • Vote Count: 124
    • Popularity: 0.8302
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:一人息子

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