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There Was a Father

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

Drama
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Language
JA
Original release language
Production
Shochiku
Lead production company
Scope
93 min
Total runtime
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Cast
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Featured Cast

#1

Chishū Ryū

Shuhei Horikawa

#2

Shūji Sano

Ryohei Horikawa

#3

Haruhiko Tsuda

Young Ryohei

#4

Shin Saburi

Yasutaro Kurokawa

#5

Takeshi Sakamoto

Makoto Hirata

#6

Mitsuko Mito

Fumi

#7

Shinichi Himori

Minoru Uchida

#8

Seiji Nishimura

Priest

#9

Reikō Tani

Teacher of Chinese Literature

#10

Kanji Kawara

Teacher of Junior High School

#11

Yûsuke Kurata

Teacher of Junior High School

#12

Kenichi Miyajima

Company Employee

Crew
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Yasujirō Ozu

Yasujirō Ozu

Director

Directing

TY

Takao Yanai

Writer

Writing

YA

Yûharu Atsuta

Director of Photography

Camera

YH

Yoshiyasu Hamamura

Editor

Editing

TH

Tatsuo Hamada

Art Direction

Art

YS

Yoshisaburo Seno

Sound Recordist

Sound

RS

Rokusaburô Saitô

Sound Effects

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AS

Akira Saiki

Original Music Composer

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Videos

父ありき / There was a father

Teaser

THERE WAS A FATHER (Chichi ariki), 1942

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TMDB Score

7.0

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