Movie: The Only Son

Top 10 Billed Cast

Chōko Iida
飯田蝶子

Tsune Nonomiya

Shinichi Himori
日守新一

Ryosuke Ninomiya

Masao Hayama
葉山正雄

Young Ryosuke

Yoshiko Tsubouchi
坪内美子

Sugiko

Mitsuko Yoshikawa
吉川満子

Otaka

Chishū Ryū
笠智衆

Teacher Okubo

Tomoko Naniwa
Tomoko Naniwa

Okubo's Wife

Bakudan Kozo
Bakudan Kozo

Okubo's Son

Tomio Aoki
青木富夫

Tomio

Eiko Takamatsu
高松榮子

Jokou

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1936-09-15

  • Average

    7.388

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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