The Only Son
The film starts in the rural town of Shinshū in 1923. A widow, Tsune (O-Tsune) Nonomiya (Chōko Iida), works hard at a silk production factory to provide for her only son, Ryōsuke. When Ryōsuke's teacher Ōkubo (Chishū Ryū) persuades her to let her son continue to study beyond elementary school, she decides to support her son's education even until college despite her poverty. Her son promises to become a great man.
| MPAA Rating: | NR |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | Japan |
| Directed By: | Yasujirô Ozu |
| Written By: | Yasujirô Ozu, Masao Arata, Tadao Ikeda |
| Cast: | Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Shin'Ichi Himori, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Kiyoshi Aono, Kazuo Kojima, Tomio Aoki, Eiko Takamatsu, Tomoko Naniwa, Jun Yokoyama, Masao Hayama, Chôko Iida, Chishû Ryû, Seiichi Katô |
| In Theaters: | Apr 01, 1987 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 27 minutes |
| Production: | Shochiku |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
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