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The Only Son is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu with Chishū Ryū
The Only Son (1936)
Hitori musuko
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Add to a movie listThe Only Son (一人息子, Hitori musuko) is a 1936 film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Chōko Iida and Shin'ichi Himori. The film was Ozu's first "talkie" (sound film) feature.
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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. Her son promises to become a great man.Actors
Chishū Ryū
(Teacher Okubo)
Shinichi Himori
(Ryosuke Ninomiya)
Chōko Iida
(Tsune Nonomiya)
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
(Otaka)
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
(Sugiko)
Tomio Aoki
(Tomio)
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