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The Only Son / There Was a Father (Criterion Collection) On DVD

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Actors: Choko Iida, Shinichi Himori, Chishu Ryu, Shuji Sano, Shin Saburi
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Genre: Drama
Year: 1936/1942
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Length: 169 minutes
Released: July 13, 2010
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD (NTSC/Region 1)
Misc: Black & White
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
   

 


 

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These rare early films from Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story, An Autumn Afternoon) are considered by many to be two of the Japanese director’s finest works, paving the way for a career among the most sensitive and significant in film history. The Only Son and There Was a Father make a graceful pair, bookending a crucial period in Japanese history. In the former, Ozu’s first sound film, made during a time of intense economic crisis, a mother sacrifices her own happiness for her son’s education; the latter, released in the midst of World War II, stars Ozu stalwart Chishu Ryu (Late Spring, Tokyo Story) as a widowed schoolteacher trying to raise a son despite financial hardship. Criterion proudly presents these nearly lost treasures for the first time on home video.

Actors: Choko Iida, Shinichi Himori, Chishu Ryu, Shuji Sano, Shin Saburi
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Genre: Drama
Year: 1936/1942
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Length: 169 minutes
Released: July 13, 2010
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD (NTSC/Region 1)
Misc: Black & White
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
   

 


 

DESCRIPTION:

These rare early films from Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story, An Autumn Afternoon) are considered by many to be two of the Japanese director’s finest works, paving the way for a career among the most sensitive and significant in film history. The Only Son and There Was a Father make a graceful pair, bookending a crucial period in Japanese history. In the former, Ozu’s first sound film, made during a time of intense economic crisis, a mother sacrifices her own happiness for her son’s education; the latter, released in the midst of World War II, stars Ozu stalwart Chishu Ryu (Late Spring, Tokyo Story) as a widowed schoolteacher trying to raise a son despite financial hardship. Criterion proudly presents these nearly lost treasures for the first time on home video.

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