The Only Son (1936 film)

The Only Son , Hitori musuko? is a 1936 film directed by Yasujir Ozu, starring Chko Iida and Shinichi Himori. The film was Ozus first talkie sound film feature.

Thirteen years later, in 1936, OTsune, now in her sixties, visits Rysuke Shinichi Himori, who is twentyeight, in Tokyo. She learns that her son, now a night school teacher, has married and even has a oneyearold son. Her daughterinlaw Sugiko is nice and obliging, but Rysukes job does not pay much. Ryosuke and OTsune visit kubo, who is now a father of four and running a tonkatsu restaurant.The couple keeps the mother entertained but their money is running out. On a trip to an industrial district one day, Rysuke confides in the mother that he wishes he had never come to Tokyo, and that he is a disappointment to his mother. He later states that Tokyo is not a place where one can succeed easily. OTsune chides her son for giving up, telling him she has nothing now left, neither land nor house, and she only wants him to succeed. ........

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