# The Only Son (1936)

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**Original title**: *一人息子*
**Runtime**: 87 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Yasujirō Ozu
**Written by**: Yasujirō Ozu
**Starring**: Chōko Iida, Shinichi Himori, Masao Hayama, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Tomio Aoki

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A widowed farm woman invests her last hope in her son’s Tokyo schooling. When she finally travels to see him years later she discovers he teaches night classes and still lives hand to mouth. A quiet portrait of patience and disappointment carried by the mother’s weary silence.

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

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