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A good-natured mother gives up everything to ensure her son’s education and future.

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Title	The Only Son (1936)
Runtime	1 hr. 22 min.
Director	Yasujiro Ozu
Country	Japan
Studio	Criterion Collection
Genres	Drama \| Foreign Language
Description	Yasujiro Ozu’s first talkie, the uncommonly poignant The Only Son is among the Japanese director’s greatest works. In its simple story about a good-natured mother who gives up everything to ensure her son’s education and future, Ozu touches on universal themes of sacrifice, family, love, and disappointment. Spanning many years, The Only Son is a family portrait in miniature, shot and edited with its maker’s customary exquisite control.

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We have seen it before, sacrifice for no reward....this is a quite little story. Not much point to it and slightly depressing. It does make me understand some of the stange depressed state the rest of the world was in pre WWII. We didn't know anything about this culture or even why thy went to war and some of these kinds of movies may help us understand....note the GermanAustrian Movie.....also note the European Actress on the wall greta or marlena???...not happy tappy American Movies....wonder why???? hhmm HISTORY!!!! hind sight is always 20/20....now I head for my history books....o they aren't correct either....perhaps these movies are more correct than all the history on this subject!!

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