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Japanese Film Festival: The Only Son (一人息子)
Tue
28
Tue 28 Oct 6:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
82 Mins | Japanese Film Festival
October
1936 | 16mm | JPN | D: Yasujirō Ozu | Japanese with English subtitles
Widowed silk worker Tsune Nonomiya devotes her life to giving her son, Ryōsuke, a better life. With his mother’s support and a teacher’s encouragement, he sets out to achieve success. But when Tsune travels to visit her son in Tokyo, she’s met with quiet disappointment. Has the weight of her hopes become too much for Ryōsuke to bear?
Set in both 1920s rural Japan and the rapidly modernising streets of 1930s Tokyo, The Only Son is a tender exploration of the bond between mother and son, framed by the hardships of urban life and the relentless struggle against rigid class boundaries. Filled with director Ozu’s signature still shots and subtle contemplative style, his first sound film is a poignant forerunner to his later masterpiece Tokyo Story (1953). To this day, The Only Son remains strikingly relevant in its deeply human portrayal of familial sacrifice, and the generational consequences of social and economic aspiration.
Widowed silk worker Tsune Nonomiya devotes her life to giving her son, Ryōsuke, a better life. With his mother’s support and a teacher’s encouragement, he sets out to achieve success. But when Tsune travels to visit her son in Tokyo, she’s met with quiet disappointment. Has the weight of her hopes become too much for Ryōsuke to bear?
Set in both 1920s rural Japan and the rapidly modernising streets of 1930s Tokyo, The Only Son is a tender exploration of the bond between mother and son, framed by the hardships of urban life and the relentless struggle against rigid class boundaries. Filled with director Ozu’s signature still shots and subtle contemplative style, his first sound film is a poignant forerunner to his later masterpiece Tokyo Story (1953). To this day, The Only Son remains strikingly relevant in its deeply human portrayal of familial sacrifice, and the generational consequences of social and economic aspiration.
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