MOVIE

There Was a Father

Name: There Was a Father
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Genre: Drama
Released: 1942-04-01
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Haruhiko Tsuda, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Original Title

父ありき

Release Date

1942-04-01

Year

1942

Duration

1h 33m

Status

Released

Score

7.00

Genres

Drama

Production

Shochiku

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Cast

Chishū Ryū

Shuhei Horikawa

Shūji Sano

Ryohei Horikawa

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Haruhiko Tsuda

Young Ryohei

Shin Saburi

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Makoto Hirata

Mitsuko Mito

Fumi

Shinichi Himori

Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

Priest

Reikō Tani

Teacher of Chinese Literature

Kanji Kawara

Teacher of Junior High School