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Language
  
Japanese

7.2/10
IMDb

Director
  
Yoji Yamada

Country
  
Japan

My Sons movie poster

Release date
  
October 12, 1991

Writer
  
Yoshitaka Asama, Makoto Shiina (novel), Yoji Yamada

My Sons (息子, Musuko) is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

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Synopsis

The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mother's death. Tetsuya, working as a bartender in Tokyo, quarrels with his father over the way he is leading his life. Eventually Tetsuya changes his ways and gains the approval of his father.

Cast

  • Rentarō Mikuni: Akio Asano
  • Masatoshi Nagase: Tetsuo
  • Emi Wakui: Seiko Kawashima
  • Miyoko Asada: Toshiko
  • Kazuyo Asari: Ayako
  • Mieko Harada: Reiko
  • Chosuke Ikariya
  • Leonard Kuma
  • Tatsuo Matsumura: Terao
  • Ken Nakamoto
  • Meiko Nakamura
  • Tomoko Naraoka
  • Ichirō Ogura
  • Mikiko Otonashi
  • B-saku Satoh
  • Casey Takamine
  • Kunie Tanaka
  • Ryuzo Tanaka: Tadashi

    • Awards and nominations

    15th Japan Academy Prize

  • Won: Best Picture
  • Won: Best Actor - Rentarō Mikuni
  • Won: Best Supporting Actor - Masatoshi Nagase
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress - Emi Wakui
  • Won: Rookie of the Year - Masatoshi Nagase and Emi Wakui
  • Nominated: Best Director - Yoji Yamada
  • Nominated: Best Screenplay - Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama
  • Nominated: Best Music - Teizo Matsumura
  • Nominated: Best Cinematography - Tetsuo Takaba
  • Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Yoshifumi Aoki
  • Nominated: Best Art Direction - Mitsuo Degawa
  • Nominated: Best Sound Recording - Isao Suzuki and Ryuji Matsumoto
  • Nominated: Best Film Editing - Iwao Ishii

    • 16th Hochi Film Award

  • Won: Best Film
  • Won: Best Actor - Masatoshi Nagase

    • References

    My Sons Wikipedia
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    My Sons IMDb My Sons themoviedb.org


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