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There Was a Father

1942 · Yasujirō Ozu · 93 min

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

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7/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database86 votes

Chishū RyūShuhei Horikawa

Shūji SanoRyohei Horikawa HHaruhiko 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 YYûsuke KurataTeacher of Junior High School

Kenichi MiyajimaCompany Employee

Chiyoko FumiyaMaid

Shin'yō NaraDoctor

Kenji OyamaGraduate

Cast

Chishū RyūShuhei Horikawa

Shūji SanoRyohei Horikawa HHaruhiko 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 YYûsuke KurataTeacher of Junior High School

Kenichi MiyajimaCompany Employee

Chiyoko FumiyaMaid

Shin'yō NaraDoctor

Kenji OyamaGraduate

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