There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Release Date
April 1, 1942Runtime
93 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Yasujirō OzuWritten by
Tadao Ikeda, Takao Yanai, Yasujirō OzuLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Chishū Ryū
Shuhei HorikawaShūji Sano
Ryohei HorikawaShin Saburi
Yasutaro KurokawaTakeshi Sakamoto
Makoto HirataMitsuko Mito
FumiShinichi Himori
Minoru UchidaSeiji Nishimura
PriestReikō Tani
Teacher of Chinese LiteratureKanji Kawara
Teacher of Junior High SchoolKenichi Miyajima
Company EmployeeShin'yō Nara
DoctorKenji Oyama
GraduateKōji Mitsui
GraduateShoichi Kofujita
Tohoku Industrial StudentMasao Hayama
Tohoku Industrial StudentImages
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