The Only Son

A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher struggling to support his wife and son.

• Yasujirō OzuDirector
• Senji ItoOriginal Music Composer

• Chōko IidaTsune Nonomiya
• Shinichi HimoriRyosuke Nonomiya
• Masao HayamaYoung Ryosuke
• Yoshiko TsubouchiSugiko
• Mitsuko YoshikawaOtaka, Ryosuke's neighbour
• Tomio AokiTomibo, Otaka's son
• Chishū RyūOkubo, Ryosuke's teacher
• Tomoko NaniwaOkubo's Wife
• Bakudan KozoOkubo's Son
• Eiko TakamatsuOshige
• Seiichi KatôNeighbor
• Kazuo KojimaKimiko