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There Was a Father

There Was a Father1942

★7.093 minDrama

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

Director

Writer

Tadao Ikeda Takao Yanai Yasujirō Ozu

Score

Stars

Chishū Ryū Shūji Sano Haruhiko Tsuda

Cast24

Chishū Ryū
as Shuhei Horikawa
Shūji Sano
as Ryohei Horikawa
H
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
Y
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
T
Teruo Kirasagi
as Graduate
K
Katsumi Kubota
as Graduate
M
Morihiko Kezuka
as Photographer
Shoichi Kofujita
as Tohoku Industrial Student
Masao Hayama
as Tohoku Industrial Student
H
Hideaki Nagai
as Tohoku Industrial Student
B
Bakudan Kozo
as Tohoku Industrial Student
M
Masayoshi Ôtsuka
as Seichi

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