There Was a Father (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
- Released
- 1942-04-01
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Yasujirō Ozu
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 86 votes
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
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