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There Was a Father

Movie
1942
1h 28m
Not Rated
Japanese
Drama
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7.4
Critic Score: 
95
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Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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There Was a Father

Not Rated
Movie
1942
1h 28m
Japanese
Drama
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Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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CRITIC SCORE
95

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Chish Ry
Shuhei Horikawa
Shji Sano
Ryohei Horikawa
Haruhiko Tsuda
Young Ryohei
Shin Saburi
Yasutaro Kurokawa
Takeshi Sakamoto
Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito
Masayoshi Otsuka
Shinichi Himori
Minoru Uchida
Seiji Nishimura
Reik Tani
Teacher of Chinese Literature
Kanji Kawara
Teacher of Junior High School
Ysuke Kurata
Teacher of Junior High School
Kenichi Miyajima
Company Employee
Chiyoko Fumiya
Shiny Nara
Kenji Oyama
Graduate
Kji Mitsui
Graduate
Teruo Kirasagi
Katsumi Kubota
Morihiko Kezuka
Photographer
Shoichi Kofujita
Tohoku Industrial Student
Masao Hayama
Tohoku Industrial Student
Hideaki Nagai
Tohoku Industrial Student
Bakudan Kozo
Tohoku Industrial Student
Directed By: Yasujirō Ozu
Written By: Yasujirō Ozu, Takao Yanai, + 1 more

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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
The original title of the film is Chichi ariki.
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miguelreina says...
3 years ago
[Cinemateket] The father who tries to get away from the son, a consequence of a deep feeling of guilt. The son who tries to cling to his father. Father and son go fishing in an exercise of mimicry, the legacy of the generations that is united in a spiritual bond. The feeling of sacrifice makes more sense in a period of war. Give up a better life to give a nobler life.
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