My Sons

My Sons
Theatrical poster for My Sons (1991)
Directed by	Yōji Yamada[1]
Produced by	Nobuyoshi Ōtani
Written by	Makoto Shiina (novel) Yoshitaka Asama (screenplay)
Starring	Rentaro Mikuni Masatoshi Nagase Emi Wakui
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Cinematography	Tetsuo Takaba
Editing by	Iwao Ishii
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date(s)	October 12, 1991
Running time	121 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Cast

• Rentaro 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
• Ken Nakamoto
• Meiko Nakamura
• Tomoko Naraoka
• Ichirō Ogura
• Mikiko Otonashi
• B-saku Satoh
• Casey Takamine
• Kunie Tanaka
• Ryuzo Tanaka: Tadashi

Reception

Awards and nominations

15th Japan Academy Prize^[4]

• Won: Best Picture
• Won: Best Actor - Rentaro 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^[5]

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

References

External links

• Musuko (1991) at the Internet Movie Database
• Musuko at AllRovi
• "息子" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1991/do002240.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
• "MUSUKO". Complete Index to World Film. http://www.citwf.com/film234728.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
• "息子(1991)" (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun/index.cgi?ctl=each&id=26751. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
• "息子(1991)" (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=90378. Retrieved 2009-05-08. 
• "息子(1991)" (in Japanese). Variety Japan. http://search.varietyjapan.com/moviedb/cinema_26751.html. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 

Films directed by Yoji Yamada Kyu-chan no Dekkai Yume (1967) Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1969-1995) Kazoku (1970) The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Hope and Pain (1988) My Sons (1991) A Class to Remember (1993) Gakko II (1996) The Twilight Samurai (2002) The Hidden Blade (2004) Love and Honor (2006) Kabei: Our Mother (2008) Otōto (2010)

Hochi Film Award for Best Film The Inugamis (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · Third Base (1978) · Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979) · Kagemusha (1980) · Enrai (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · The Family Game (1983) · The Funeral (1984) · And Then (1985) · Comic Magazine (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · Tomorrow (1988) · Untamagiru (1989) · Sakura no Sono (1990) · My Sons (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · A Dedicated Life (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Shall We Dance? (1996) · Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) · Hana-bi (1998) · Spellbound (1999) · Face (2000) · Go (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Doing Time (2003) · Nobody Knows (2004) · Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (2005) · Hula Girls (2006) · I Just Didn't Do It (2007) · Departures (2008) · Shizumanu Taiyo (2009) · Villain (2010)

Japan Academy Prize for Best Film The Yellow Handkerchief (1978) · The Incident (1979) · Vengeance Is Mine (1980) · Zigeunerweisen (1981) · Station (1982) · Fall Guy (1983) · The Ballad of Narayama (1984) · The Funeral (1985) · Gray Sunset (1986) · House on Fire (1987) · A Taxing Woman (1988) · The Silk Road (1989) · Black Rain (1990) · Childhood Days (1991) · My Sons (1992) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993) · A Class to Remember (1994) · Crest of Betrayal (1995) · A Last Note (1996) · Shall We Dance? (1997) · Princess Mononoke (1998) · Begging for Love (1999) · Poppoya (2000) · After the Rain (2001) · Spirited Away (2002) · The Twilight Samurai (2003) · When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2004) · Half a Confession (2005) · Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (2006) · Hula Girls (2007) · Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2008) · Departures (2009) · Shizumanu Taiyō (2010) · Confessions (2011)

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film 1946–1959 Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) · Ima Hitotabi no (1947) · Drunken Angel (1948) · Late Spring (1949) · Until We Meet Again (1950) · Repast (1951) · Ikiru (1952) · An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Mahiru no ankoku (1956) · The Rice People (1957) · The Ballad of Narayama (1958) · Kiku to Isamu (1959) 1960–1979 Her Brother (1960) · A Soldier's Prayer (1961) · Harakiri (1962) · High and Low (1963) · Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Red Beard (1965) · Shiroi Kyotō (1966) · Samurai Rebellion (1967) · The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) · Double Suicide (1969) · Kazoku (1970) · Silence (1971) · Shinobu Kawa (1972) · Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) · Castle of Sand (1974) · The Fossil (1975) · Fumō Chitai (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · The Incident (1978) · Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979) 1980–2009 Kagemusha (1980) · Muddy River (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) · W's Tragedy (1984) · Ran (1985) · The Sea and Poison (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · Black Rain (1989) · Childhood Days (1990) · My Sons (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · A Dedicated Life (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Shall We Dance? (1996) · Princess Mononoke (1997) · Begging for Love (1998) · Poppoya (1999) · Face (2000) · Spirited Away (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) · Blood and Bones (2004) · Break Through! (2005) · Sway (2006) · I Just Didn't Do It (2007) · Departures (2008) · Shizumanu Taiyō (2009) · Villain (2010)