The Only Son (一人息子, Hitori musuko) is a 1936 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Chōko Iida and Shin'ichi Himori.

A widow, Tsune (O-Tsune) Nonomiya (Chōko Iida), works hard at a silk production factory to provide for her only son, Ryōsuke.

Roger Ebert inducted The Only Son into his Great Movies section, writing of its direction, "I really do feel as if Ozu is looking at his films along with me.

"[3] Richard Brody of The New Yorker argued, "Ozu watches with his own stifled fury, as modernity uproots both the best and the worst aspects of tradition.

[5] A Region 1 DVD featuring The Only Son along with Ozu's There Was a Father was released by The Criterion Collection on July 13, 2010.

The release included video interviews with film Scholars Tadao Sato, David Bordwell, and Kristin Thompson.