There Was a Father (1942) - Cinemaos

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There Was a Father

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

Directed byYasujirō Ozu

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 33m
Language: JA
Released: April 1, 1942

Studios

Shochiku

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父ありき / There was a father

父ありき / There was a father

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Shuhei Horikawa

Shūji Sano

Shūji Sano

Ryohei Horikawa

Haruhiko Tsuda

Young Ryohei

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Makoto Hirata

Mitsuko Mito

Mitsuko Mito

Fumi

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Priest

Reikō Tani

Reikō Tani

Teacher of Chinese Literature

Kanji Kawara

Kanji Kawara

Teacher of Junior High School

Creative team

Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu
Written by: Tadao Ikeda
Yasujirō Ozu

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