My Sons (息子,Musuko) is a 1991 Japanese film directed byYōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at theJapan Academy Prize ceremony.[2]
| My Sons | |
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 Theatrical poster forMy Sons (1991) | |
| Directed by | Yōji Yamada[1] |
| Screenplay by | Yôji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama |
| Based on | 倉庫作業員 by Makoto Shiina |
| Produced by | Nobuyoshi Ōtani |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaba |
| Edited by | Iwao Ishii |
| Music by | Teizo Matsumura |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
editThe 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.
Cast
edit- Rentarō Mikuni: Akio Asano
- Masatoshi Nagase: Tetsuo
- Emi Wakui: Seiko Kawashima
- Miyoko Asada: Toshiko
- Kazuyo Asari: Ayako
- Mieko Harada: Reiko
- Chosuke Ikariya : Jirō Katō
- 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
Reception
editAwards and nominations
edit- 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 andEmi Wakui
- Nominated:Best Director -Yoji Yamada
- Nominated:Best Screenplay -Yoji Yamada andYoshitaka 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 andRyuji Matsumoto
- Nominated: Best Film Editing -Iwao Ishii
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Actor -Masatoshi Nagase
References
edit- ^Infobox data from息子 (in Japanese).Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved2009-05-12.andMusuko (1991) atIMDb
- ^"Awards for Musuko (1991)" (in Japanese).Internet Movie Database. Retrieved2009-05-05.
- ^第15回 日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese).Japan Academy Prize. Archived fromthe original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved9 February 2009.
- ^報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved2010-01-07.
External links
edit- Musuko (1991) atIMDb
- 息子 (in Japanese).Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved2009-05-12.
- "MUSUKO".Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved2009-05-12.
- 息子(1991) (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. Retrieved2009-05-12.
- 息子(1991) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved2009-05-08.
- 息子(1991) (in Japanese).Variety Japan. Retrieved2009-05-12.
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