The Only Son
一人息子
1936 · 1h 27m · Drama · Japan
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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Yasujirō OzuStory by
Yasujirō Ozu6.9Smart score
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1930sdisappointmenteconomic strugglelack of fulfillmentmother son estrangementparent child relationshippovertysuccess vs. failuretokyo, japanunexpected visitworried mother
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