The Only Son

The Only Son

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Release Date

9/15/1936

Runtime

87 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A mother's decades-long sacrifice for her son's future culminates in a quiet, deeply moving reunion that reckons with the gap between hope and reality. The film sits in the tender space between a parent's love and the weight of unmet expectations.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetWistfulContemplative

Themes

FamilyComing of ageAmbition

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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