A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher struggling to support his wife and son.
Chōko Iida
Tsune Nonomiya
Shinichi Himori
Ryosuke Nonomiya
Masao Hayama
Young Ryosuke
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Sugiko
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Otaka, Ryosuke's neighbour
Tomio Aoki
Tomibo, Otaka's son
Chishū Ryū
Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
Tomoko Naniwa
Okubo's Wife
Bakudan Kozo
Okubo's Son
Eiko Takamatsu
Oshige
Seiichi Katô
Neighbor
Kazuo Kojima
Kimiko
Kiyoshi Seino
Matsumura
Miss Hokusai
The Rookie
Boy A
Hanele
2 1/2 Dads
Harakiri
My Dad and Mr. Ito
Fireproof
The Critic
Born Free
Cinema Libertad
Murder, Inc.
One Night in Tokyo
The Sound of Music
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
De-Lovely
The Bench
White Heat
Restless Souls
Something the Lord Made
Shoplifters
Tokyo Story
Nobody Knows
Kabei: Our Mother
MOTHER
An Autumn Afternoon
The Insect Woman
The Bad Sleep Well
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Late Spring
Evil Does Not Exist
After the Storm
A Hen in the Wind
Mildred Pierce
Tokyo Sonata
Repast
Street of Shame
Like Father, Like Son
Early Summer
A Thousand and One