There Was a Father (1942)
Original title: 父ありき
There Was a Father is a 1942 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yasujirō Ozu, with a running time of 1h 33m. It stars Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano and Haruhiko Tsuda.
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