The Only Son

Year: 1936

Runtime: 87 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Yasujirô Ozu

Drama

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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