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The Only Son

Original title: Hitori musuko
  • 19361936
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
3.7K
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The Only Son (1936)
Drama
A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son.A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son.A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
3.7K
YOUR RATING
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Yasujirô Ozu(short story)
    • Tadao Ikeda(adaptation)
    • Masao Arata(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Chôko Iida
    • Shin'ichi Himori
    • Masao Hayama
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Yasujirô Ozu(short story)
    • Tadao Ikeda(adaptation)
    • Masao Arata(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Chôko Iida
    • Shin'ichi Himori
    • Masao Hayama
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
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    Masao Hayama in The Only Son (1936)
    Masao Hayama and Chôko Iida in The Only Son (1936)
    Chôko Iida in The Only Son (1936)
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi in The Only Son (1936)
    Mitsuko Yoshikawa in The Only Son (1936)
    Chôko Iida in The Only Son (1936)
    Shin'ichi Himori in The Only Son (1936)
    Shin'ichi Himori in The Only Son (1936)
    Shin'ichi Himori and Chôko Iida in The Only Son (1936)
    Shin'ichi Himori in The Only Son (1936)
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi in The Only Son (1936)
    Shin'ichi Himori, Chôko Iida, and Chishû Ryû in The Only Son (1936)

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    Chôko Iida
    Chôko Iida
    • Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune)
    Shin'ichi Himori
    Shin'ichi Himori
    • Ryosuke Nonomiya
    Masao Hayama
    Masao Hayama
    • Ryosuke Nonomiya, as child
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
    • Sugiko
    Mitsuko Yoshikawa
    Mitsuko Yoshikawa
    • O-Taka
    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    • Professor Ookubo
    Tomoko Naniwa
    • Ookubo's wife
    Kiyoshi Aono
    • Matsumura, old man
    Jun Yokoyama
    • Okubo's son
    • (as Bakudan Kozô)
    Eiko Takamatsu
    • Jokou
    Seiichi Katô
    • Kinjo no ko
    • (as Seiichi Kato)
    Tomio Aoki
    Tomio Aoki
    • Tomibo
    • (as Tokkan Kozô)
      • Yasujirô Ozu
      • Yasujirô Ozu(short story)
      • Tadao Ikeda(adaptation)
      • Masao Arata(adaptation)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      This was Yasujirô Ozu's first feature film with all-synchronous dialogue.
    • Connections
      Featured in A Train Arrives at the Station (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Old Black Joe
      Written by Stephen Foster

    User reviews22

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    9/10
    Another enormously touching Ozu film
    Incredibly gentle and touching Ozu picture about a single mother who works her butt off to send her only son off to school. Many years later, we follow her journey to visit that son in Tokyo. He hasn't kept in contact very well. His mother doesn't even know about his wife and infant son, nor that he is a grade school teacher, a rather low (and low-paid) position. Simply put, he's embarrassed at the little he has accomplished and he thinks his mother will be gravely disappointed that she went to so much trouble to educate him. The whole situation really hit home, and I was deeply moved by it. The film also features incredible cinematography and editing.
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    • zetes
    • Apr 4, 2003

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 1987 (United States)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
      • German
    • Also known as
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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