There Was a Father

There Was a Father (1942)

Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1942-04-01
User Rating: 7/10 from 78 ratings
Runtime: 1h 33min
Language: 日本語
Production Company: Shochiku
Production Country: Japan
Director: Yasujirō Ozu

7/10

From 78 Ratings

7.5

Summary

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

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Cast
Crew

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
Chiyoko Fumiya

as Maid
Shin'yō Nara

as Doctor
Kenji Oyama

as Graduate
Kōji Mitsui

as Graduate
Teruo Kirasagi

as Graduate
Katsumi Kubota

as Graduate
Morihiko Kezuka

as Photographer
Shoichi Kofujita

as Tohoku Industrial Student
Masao Hayama

as Tohoku Industrial Student
Hideaki Nagai

as Tohoku Industrial Student
Bakudan Kozo

as Tohoku Industrial Student
Masayoshi Ôtsuka

as Seichi

Directing	Yasujirō Ozu	Director
Writing	Takao Yanai	Writer
Writing	Tadao Ikeda	Writer
Camera	Yûharu Atsuta	Director of Photography
Editing	Yoshiyasu Hamamura	Editor
Writing	Yasujirō Ozu	Writer
Sound	Yoshisaburo Seno	Sound Recordist
Art	Tatsuo Hamada	Art Direction
Sound	Akira Saiki	Original Music Composer
Sound	Rokusaburô Saitô	Sound Effects