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The Only Son

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  • Drama

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.

Keywords

  • parent child relationship
  • japan
  • 1930s
  • tokyo
  • poverty
  • unexpected visit
  • mother son estrangement
  • disappointment
  • worried mother
  • lack of fulfillment
  • economic struggle
  • success vs. failure
  • tokyo, japan

Details

Status
Released
Release date
September 15, 1936
Original language
Japanese
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Shochiku
Cinematography
Shôjirô Sugimoto
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
The Only Son (1936) | Kinocult