The Only Son

Name: Hitori musuko
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-04-01
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Chôko Iida, Shin'ichi Himori, Masao Hayama

Original title: Hitori musuko

19361936
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1h 27m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

3.7K

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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)
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Masao Hayama and Chôko Iida in The Only Son (1936)

Yoshiko Tsubouchi in The Only Son (1936)

Mitsuko Yoshikawa in The Only Son (1936)

Shin'ichi Himori and Chôko Iida in The Only Son (1936)

Shin'ichi Himori, Chôko Iida, and Chishû Ryû in The Only Son (1936)

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

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Review

Featured review

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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