The Only Son (1936)

Chōko Iida as Tsune Nonomiya Died 1972 · Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan Chôko Iida (飯田 蝶子, 15 April 1897 - 26 December 1972) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Shigehara Tefu. She played working class women and grandmothers, and appeared in more than 300 films.

Shinichi Himori as Ryosuke Ninomiya Died 1959 · Tokyo, Japan Shinichi Himori (10 January 1907 – 12 September 1959), born Kazuo Moriyama, was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1925 to 1959. Born in Tokyo, Himori entered the Shoc...

Masao Hayama as Young Ryosuke Age 100 · Yokohama, Japan

Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Sugiko Died 1985 · Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuko Yoshikawa as Otaka Died 1991 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子) (June 21, 1901 – August 8, 1991) was a Japanese actress. She debuted during the silent film era in 1926 and made her last film in 1984, which was Juzo Itami's The Funeral..

Chishū Ryū as Teacher Okubo Died 1993 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Chishu Ryu (May 13, 1904 in Kumamoto, Japan – March 16, 1993 in Yokohama, Japan) was a famous Japanese film actor, a favourite of the director Yasujiro Ozu. From 1928 to 1992 he appeared in at least 1...