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

1. ^ Infobox data from "息子" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1991/do002240.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12.  and Musuko (1991) at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ "Awards for Musuko (1991)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102488/awards. Retrieved 2009-05-05. 
3. ^ Based on Musuko at AllRovi
4. ^ "第15回 日本アカデミー賞". Japan Academy Prize. http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1992/index.html. Retrieved 9 February 2009. ^{[dead link]} (Japanese)
5. ^ "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1991/. Retrieved 2010-01-07. 

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.