The Only Son

The Only Son

1936•1h 27m•7.4/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.4/10(110)

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.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Tsune Nonomiya

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

Ryosuke Ninomiya

Masao Hayama

Masao Hayama

Young Ryosuke

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Sugiko

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Otaka

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Teacher Okubo

Tomoko Naniwa

Tomoko Naniwa

Okubo's Wife

Bakudan Kozo

Okubo's Son

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Tomio

Eiko Takamatsu

Jokou

Seiichi Katô

Neighbor

Kazuo Kojima

Kimiko

Kiyoshi Seino

Matsumura

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