

There Was a Father
Visit website6.9/10 • 74
1942-04-01 • 1h 33m
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
- Directors
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Writters
- Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu, Takao Yanai
- Editors
- Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu, Takao Yanai, Yoshiyasu Hamamura

There Was a Father
Visit website1942-04-01 • 1h 33m
6.9/10 • 74
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
- Directors
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Writters
- Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu, Takao Yanai
- Editors
- Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu, Takao Yanai, Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsChishū Ryū
Shuhei Horikawa
Shūji Sano
Ryohei Horikawa
Haruhiko Tsuda
Young Ryohei
Shin Saburi
Yasutaro Kurokawa
Takeshi Sakamoto
Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito
Fumi
Shinichi Himori
Minoru Uchida
Seiji Nishimura
Priest
Reikō Tani
Teacher of Chinese Literature
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- Japanese
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