The Only Son
1936 · 87 min
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In 1923, in the province of Shinshu, the widow and simple worker of a silk factory Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune) decides to send her only son to Tokyo for having a better education. Thirteen years later, she visits her son Ryosuke Nonomiya (Shinichi Himori), and finds that he is a poor and frustrated night-school teacher with a wife, Sugiko (Yoshiko Tsubouchi), and a baby boy.
Cast of The Only Son
Chōko IidaTsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune)
Shinichi HimoriRyosuke Ninomiya
Masao HayamaRyosuke Nonomiya, as child
Yoshiko TsubouchiSugiko
Mitsuko YoshikawaO-Taka
Chishū RyūProfessor Ookubo
Tomoko NaniwaOokubo's wife
Bakudan KozoOkubo's son
Eiko TakamatsuJokou
Seiichi KatôKinjo no ko
Kazuo KojimaKimiko
Kiyoshi SeinoMatsumura, old man