My Sons

{{Infobox film

| name = My Sons

| image = My Sons.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster for My Sons (1991)

| director = Yōji YamadaInfobox data from {{cite web |url= http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1991/do002240.htm|script-title=ja:息子|access-date=2009-05-12|language=ja|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}} and {{IMDb title|0102488|Musuko (1991)}}

| producer = Nobuyoshi Ōtani

| screenplay = Yôji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

| based_on = {{Based on|倉庫作業員|Makoto Shiina}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Rentarō Mikuni|Masatoshi Nagase|Emi Wakui}}

| music = Teizo Matsumura

| cinematography = Tetsuo Takaba

| editing = Iwao Ishii

| distributor = Shochiku

| released = {{Film date|1991|10|12}}

| runtime = 121 min.

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{nihongo|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.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102488/awards|title=Awards for Musuko (1991)|access-date=2009-05-05|language=ja|publisher=Internet Movie Database}}

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.

Cast

Reception

=Awards and nominations=

15th Japan Academy Prize{{Cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1992/index.html |script-title=ja:第15回日本アカデミー賞 |access-date=9 February 2009 |publisher=Japan Academy Prize |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221063203/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1992/index.html |archive-date=December 21, 2008 |language=ja}}

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 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{{Cite web |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1991/ |script-title=ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー |access-date= 2010-01-07|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi}}

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Actor - Masatoshi Nagase

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0102488|Musuko (1991)}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1991/do002240.htm|script-title=ja:息子|access-date=2009-05-12|language=ja|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film234728.htm|title=MUSUKO|access-date=2009-05-12|publisher=Complete Index to World Film}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun/index.cgi?ctl=each&id=26751|script-title=ja:息子(1991)|access-date=2009-05-12|publisher=www.walkerplus.com|language=ja}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=90378|script-title=ja:息子(1991)|access-date=2009-05-08|publisher=allcinema.net|language=ja}}
{{cite web |url=http://search.varietyjapan.com/moviedb/cinema_26751.html|script-title=ja:息子(1991)|access-date=2009-05-12|publisher=Variety Japan|language=ja}}

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