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The.Only.Son.1936.Criterion.NTSC-DVDR
Hitori Musuko

THEATRE DATE....: 4/1/1987 (USA)
RELEASE DATE....: 8/20/2010
STORE DATE......: 2/20/2010
GENRE...........: Drama
RATiNG..........: 7.6/10 (395 votes)
NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

RUNTiME.........: 83 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: 6020 kBit/sec 6-pass CCE
AUDiO BiTRATE...: 384 kBit/s AC3 DD 1.0 at 48KHZ, JA
ASPECT RATiO....: 4:3
ARCHiVES........: dvdr-there.was.a.son.rar  *95x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.371 GB* *4,476 MB* *4,583,416 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN

The Only Son begins in 1923 when the mother Otsune (Choko Iida), inspired by a local teacher's (Chishu Ryu)
opinions on the value of education, changes her mind and sends her small son to expensive private schools. She
pays for this by slaving in a silk factory and selling her house. Thirteen years later, she pays her son
Ryosuke (now Shinichi Himori) a visit in Tokyo. She finds that he's married and has a baby, and hasn't even
told her. Because of limited opportunities in the depressed economy, Ryosuke has only found a low-paying job
teaching geometry at night. He has to borrow money to afford simple necessities for Otsune's visit. Already
disappointed to have missed her son's wedding, Otsune is shocked when Ryosuke explains that he doesn't believe
that he can improve himself. Otsune lectures him on her sacrifice. But when a neighbor's only boy is struck
down by an accident, Ryosuke's generous behavior convinces Otsune that her son is a good man after all.

Director...............  Yasujiro Ozu

Choko Iida         ...        Tsune Nonomiya
Shinichi Himori         ...        Ryosuke Nonomiya
Masao Hayama         ...        Ryosuke Nonomiya, as child
Yoshiko Tsubouchi ...        Sugiko
Mitsuko Yoshikawa ...        O-Taka
Chish  Ryo         ...        Professor Ookubo

From a 2-film Criterion boxset, also containing There Was A Father. There are two very good extras, both retained:

* DAVID BORDWELL AND KRISTIN THOMPSON (25:25@1695) Film scholars discussing Ozu.
* TADAO SATO (18:57@1455) Japanese film scholar discussing THE ONLY SON.

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