
The Only Son
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Release Date
9/15/1936Runtime
87 minsGenres
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
ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
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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
Heads up
Addiction
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