Cover image for The only son
Title:
The only son
Author:
Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963.
Edition:
DVD edition.
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : Janus Films : Criterion Collection, [2010]

©2010
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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.
General Note:
Title from container.

Original story by Yasujiro Ozu (as James Maki).

DVD release of the 1936 motion picture.

"Mohara-shiki shisutemu = Animatonal [sic.]"

A foreign film (Japan).

Special features: video interviews with film scholars Tadao Sato, David Bordwell, and Kristin Thompson; new and improved English subtitle translations; booklet features an essay 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.
Language:
Japanese
ISBN:
9781604653045

9781604653069
UPC:
715515060813
Format :
DVD