There Was a Father

Name: There Was a Father
Genre: Drama
Released: 1942-04-01
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Haruhiko Tsuda, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto

1942 · 1h 33m · Drama

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

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Cast

Chishū Ryū as Shuhei Horikawa
Shūji Sano as Ryohei Horikawa
Haruhiko Tsuda as Young Ryohei
Shin Saburi as Yasutaro Kurokawa
Takeshi Sakamoto as Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito as Fumi
Shinichi Himori as Minoru Uchida
Seiji Nishimura as Priest
Reikō Tani as Teacher of Chinese Literature
Kanji Kawara as Teacher of Junior High School
Yûsuke Kurata as Teacher of Junior High School
Kenichi Miyajima as Company Employee

Details

Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Released: April 1, 1942
Runtime: 1h 33m
Genres: Drama
Studio: Shochiku
Status: Released
TMDB score: 7.0 / 10 from 86 votes

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