The Only Son

Sep 15, 1936

1h 27m

★ 7.4

Overview

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Tsune Nonomiya

Chōko Iida

Ryosuke Ninomiya

Shinichi Himori

Young Ryosuke

Masao Hayama

Sugiko

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Otaka

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Teacher Okubo

Chishū Ryū

Okubo's Wife

Tomoko Naniwa

Okubo's Son

Bakudan Kozo

Tomio

Tomio Aoki

Jokou

Eiko Takamatsu

Neighbor

Seiichi Katô

Kimiko

Kazuo Kojima

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