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Son (1960)
105 min | Comedy, Drama

Son (1960)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out...See moreKikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care. The film presages Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters in its World War II nostalgia and visual sophistication. Written by Japan film feastive See less

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32 cast members

Name	Known for
Raizô Ichikawa Kikuji Kikuji See fewer	Conflagration (1958)
Tamao Nakamura Hiroko Hiroko See fewer	Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
Mitsuko Kusabue Ikako Ikako See fewer	Samurai Pirate (1963)
Machiko Kyô Ofuku Ofuku See fewer	Rashomon (1950)
Ayako Wakao Ponta Ponta See fewer	Seisaku's Wife (1965)
Fubuki Koshiji Hisako Hisako See fewer	Daigaku no sanzôkutachi (1960)
Kikue Môri Kino Kino See fewer	Ugetsu (1953)
Isuzu Yamada Sei Sei See fewer	Throne of Blood (1957)
Eiji Funakoshi Kihei Kihei See fewer	Fires on the Plain (1959)
Shigenori Hayashi Ponta's son Taro Ponta's son Taro See fewer	Lord Tadanao (1960)
Mayumi Kurata Oji Oji See fewer	Onna to kaizoku (1959)
Tanie Kitabayashi Maki Uchida Maki Uchida See fewer	Dai yûkai (1991)
Ichirô Sugai Factory owner Doai Factory owner Doai See fewer	The Sound of Waves (1964)
Mantarô Ushio Ichizo Takano Ichizo Takano See fewer	Scar Yosaburo (1960)
Ganjirô Nakamura Harudango Harudango See fewer	Conflagration (1958)
Ikuko Môri Geisha 1 Geisha 1 See fewer	The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Kimiko Tachibana Kimika Kimika See fewer	Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Jun Hamamura Military police officer Military police officer See fewer	High and Low (1963)
San'emon Arashi Wasuke Wasuke See fewer	Fencing Master (1962)
Saburô Date Hidesuke Hidesuke See fewer	Ugetsu (1953)
Hiroshi Ueda Ikuro's foster parents Ikuro's foster parents See fewer	Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Bijin-gumo (1960)
Yasuhiko Shima Sanoya Sanoya See fewer	Sen-hime goten (1960)
Sentarô Godai Kujiro Kujiro See fewer	Samurai Vendetta (1959)
Kin'ya Ichikawa Taro's foster parents (father) Taro's foster parents (father) See fewer	The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Kanae Kobayashi Taro's foster parents (mother) Taro's foster parents (mother) See fewer	In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Keiko Koyanagi Nurse 1 Nurse 1 See fewer	Ugetsu (1953)
Nobuko Tanei Geisha 2 Geisha 2 See fewer	Fencing Master (1962)
Kazuko Taniguchi Geisha 3 Geisha 3 See fewer	Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Iko Satonaka Geisha 4 Geisha 4 See fewer	Edo mujô (1963)
Machiko Yamaguchi Nurse 2 Nurse 2 See fewer	Shiranui zukin (1957)
Asako Takahara Nurse 3 Nurse 3 See fewer	Yagyû renyasai: hidentsuki kageshô (1956)
Kyôko Higashiyama Nurse 4 Nurse 4 See fewer	Samurai Vendetta (1959)