Overview
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.
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Setting
Set in Tokyo
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Yasujirō OzuStory
- Original title
- 一人息子
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 15, 1936
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
Chōko IidaTsune Nonomiya
Shinichi HimoriRyosuke Nonomiya
Masao HayamaYoung Ryosuke
Yoshiko TsubouchiSugiko
Mitsuko YoshikawaOtaka, Ryosuke's neighbour
Tomio AokiTomibo, Otaka's son
Chishū RyūOkubo, Ryosuke's teacher
Tomoko NaniwaOkubo's Wife- Bakudan KozoOkubo's Son
- Eiko TakamatsuOshige
- Seiichi KatôNeighbor
- Kazuo KojimaKimiko
- Kiyoshi SeinoMatsumura
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