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Hitori musuko (1936)
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1 April 1987 (USA)
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In 1923, in the province of Shinshu, the widow and simple worker of a silk factory Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune)...
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Yet another early Ozu masterpiece
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(Credited cast) | Chôko Iida | ... | Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune) |
| Shinichi Himori | ... | Ryosuke Nonomiya |
| Masao Hayama | ... | Ryosuke Nonomiya, as child |
| Yoshiko Tsubouchi | ... | Sugiko |
| Mitsuko Yoshikawa | ... | O-Taka |
| Chishû Ryû | ... | Professor Ookubo |
| Tomoko Naniwa | ... | Ookubo's wife |
| Bakudankozo | ... | Okubo's son |
| Kiyoshi Seino | ... | Matsumura, old man |
| Eiko Takamatsu | ... | Jokou |
| Seiichi Kato | ... | Kinjo no ko |
| Kazuo Kojima | ... | Kimiko |
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| Tomio Aoki | ... | Tomibo (as Tokkan Kozou) |
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The Only Son
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87 min
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This was Yasujiro Ozu's first feature film with all-synchronous dialogue.
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Referenced in Ikite wa mita keredo - Ozu Yasujirô den (1983)
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This film starkly depicts both rural and urban poverty in depression-era Japan. It examines the impact that the national delusion that "education will allow everyone to get ahead" had on the lives of ordinary people. He shows that, in reality, people found that getting an education got them "nowhere". The film does not deal with abstractions, but real people, who face individualized dilemmas. The performances are exceptional, especially that of Choko Iida -- as a mother who gives up everything to let her only son pursue higher education -- only to find that her son is mired in near-poverty, instead of being a big success in Tokyo.