Ozu's first talkie is a bittersweet precursor to Tokyo Story. In it a windowed mother gives up everything she has for her son's education. When she visits him 13 Years later in Tokyo, she discovers that he has not become the successful man he wanted to be but is instead a poor ...( read more)
Chouko Iida,
Shinichi Himori,
Masao Hayama,
Yoshiko Tsubouchi,
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
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In 1923, in the province of Shinshu, the widow and simple worker of a silk factory Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune) decides to send her only son to Tokyo for having a better education. Thirteen years later, s...( read more
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