Film by Yasujirō Ozu (1936) 1h27 With Chōko Iida, Shinichi Himori, Masao Hayama, Yoshiko Tsubouchi
In Shinshu, a small mountain village in central Japan, a silk spinner raises her son Ryosuke alone. Good student, this one is old enough to go to high school but the mother opposes it because the studies are too expensive. However, she finally accepted, choosing to sacrifice everything for her son’s education. Thirteen years later, Ryosuke moved to Tokyo and his mother visited him for the first time. Despite her son’s efforts to welcome him, she discovers that he lives in a precarious situation, disappointed by the promises of the big city…