Film

The Only Son

7.419361h 27mDrama

Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Year: 1936

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.

Top cast

Chōko Iida

Tsune Nonomiya

Shinichi Himori

Ryosuke Nonomiya

Masao Hayama

Young Ryosuke

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Sugiko

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Otaka, Ryosuke's neighbour

Tomio Aoki

Tomibo, Otaka's son

Chishū Ryū

Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher

Tomoko Naniwa

Okubo's Wife

Bakudan Kozo

Okubo's Son

Eiko Takamatsu

Oshige

Seiichi Katô

Neighbor

Kazuo Kojima

Kimiko

Kiyoshi Seino

Matsumura

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Written by

Yasujirō Ozu