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There Was a Father (1942)

1h 33m · 1 Apr 1942
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Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Movie ID16414
GenreDrama
DirectorYasujirō Ozu
Main castChishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Haruhiko Tsuda, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Mitsuko Mito, Shinichi Himori, Seiji Nishimura
Release date1 April 1942
Release year1942
LanguageJapanese
Duration93 min (1h 33m)
Rating7.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseShochiku

Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Writers: Takao Yanai, Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu

Top cast

Chishū RyūShuhei Horikawa Shūji SanoRyohei Horikawa
Haruhiko TsudaYoung Ryohei
Shin SaburiYasutaro Kurokawa Takeshi SakamotoMakoto Hirata Mitsuko MitoFumi Shinichi HimoriMinoru Uchida Seiji NishimuraPriest Reikō TaniTeacher of Chinese Literature Kanji KawaraTeacher of Junior High School
Yûsuke KurataTeacher of Junior High School
Kenichi MiyajimaCompany Employee Chiyoko FumiyaMaid Shin'yō NaraDoctor Kenji OyamaGraduate Kōji MitsuiGraduate
Teruo KirasagiGraduate
Katsumi KubotaGraduate
Morihiko KezukaPhotographer
Shoichi KofujitaTohoku Industrial Student

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