# My Sons (1991)

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**Original title**: *息子*
**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Yoji Yamada
**Written by**: Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama
**Starring**: Rentaro Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui, Mieko Harada, Ryuzo Tanaka, Miyoko Asada

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tokyo’s romance factory hums by as a greenhorn clerk pines for a factory girl who speaks in silence. His jealousy of his brainy brother takes a backseat when both affection and paternal blessing arrive in the same package. The father’s approval feels like a consolation prize no one saw coming.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender

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