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My Sons

1991 · 120 min

A gentle, quietly moving family drama that balances warmth and mild conflict, drawing you into small everyday reconciliations.

Overview
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • love
    • identity
    • grief
    • parenthood
    Places
    • big city
    • countryside
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism8
    Romance6
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, romance
    Directed by
    Yoji Yamada
    Written by
    Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama
    Starring
    Rentaro Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui, Mieko Harada, Ryuzo Tanaka, Miyoko Asada, Kunie Tanaka, Ryoichi Yamaguchi
    Music
    Teizō Matsumura
    Cinematography
    Tetsuo Takaha
    Runtime
    120 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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