| Description |
1 videodiscs (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 525.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital, mono.; 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Language |
In Japanese with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Iida Chōko, Himori Shinʼichi, Hayama Masao. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Sugimoto Shōjiro ; music, Itō Senji. |
| Summary |
The story examines the motherly love of a peasant woman who gives up everything so that her son can receive education in Tokyo. Ten years later, the mother pays her son a visit in Tokyo, believing that he has become a successful young man. However, upon arrival, she is bitterly disappointed to find out that her son is working as a night-school teacher and living in poverty with his family. |
| Contents |
The only son = Hitori musuko / Ōfuna Eiga, Shōchiku Kinema Kabushiki Kaisha ; gensaku, Zēmusu Maki ; kyakushoku, Ikeda Tadao, Arata Masao ; kantoku Ozu Yasujirō (1936: 83 min.). |
| Note |
Special features: video interviews with film scholars Tadao Sato, David Bordwell, and Kristin Thompson; new and improved English subtitle translations; booklets containing essays by critic and historian Tony Rayns, an appreciation of actor Chishu Ryu by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie, and comments by Ryu on director Yasujiro Ozu. |
| Subject |
Mothers and sons -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Families -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Fathers and sons -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Widowers -- Japan -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963.
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Iida, Choko, 1897-1972.
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Himori, Shinʼichi, 1907-1959.
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Hayama, Masao.
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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| Added Title |
Hitori musuko.
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| ISBN |
9781604653045 |
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1604653043 |
| Standard No. |
715515060813 |
| Music No. |
CC1916d Criterion Collection |
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