Movie No. 22 (2013): THE ONLY SON
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
In Japanese, with English subtitles
A widowed mother from the country sends her only son to Tokyo to study high school (then college) while taking the pains and struggles of working in a silk factory. Thirteen years later, she goes to Tokyo to visit her son only to find out that her son is a frustrated night-school teacher living in a shabby house with his wife and child. Hiding her own disappointment, she stays and lives with her sons family for a while before going back to the country.
This is the kind of film that I actually expect from Ozu. Nothing fancy. This may not be among the best films of Ozu that the world had seen, but (that time) it was already an indication of the greatness and style that Ozu would show in his film some years after.
Date seen: January 20, 2013
Rating: 3.5/4.0
Date seen: January 20, 2013
Rating: 3.5/4.0
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