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The Only Son

1936 · Yasujirō Ozu · 87 min

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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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7.4/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database123 votes

Chōko IidaTsune Nonomiya

Shinichi HimoriRyosuke Nonomiya

Masao HayamaYoung Ryosuke

Yoshiko TsubouchiSugiko

Mitsuko YoshikawaOtaka, Ryosuke's neighbour

Tomio AokiTomibo, Otaka's son

Chishū RyūOkubo, Ryosuke's teacher

Tomoko NaniwaOkubo's Wife BBakudan KozoOkubo's Son EEiko TakamatsuOshige SSeiichi KatôNeighbor KKazuo KojimaKimiko KKiyoshi SeinoMatsumura

Cast

Chōko IidaTsune Nonomiya

Shinichi HimoriRyosuke Nonomiya

Masao HayamaYoung Ryosuke

Yoshiko TsubouchiSugiko

Mitsuko YoshikawaOtaka, Ryosuke's neighbour

Tomio AokiTomibo, Otaka's son

Chishū RyūOkubo, Ryosuke's teacher

Tomoko NaniwaOkubo's Wife BBakudan KozoOkubo's Son EEiko TakamatsuOshige SSeiichi KatôNeighbor KKazuo KojimaKimiko KKiyoshi SeinoMatsumura

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