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There Was a Father
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70
Starring
Chishū Ryū
Shūji Sano
Haruhiko Tsuda
Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Writers
Tadao Ikeda
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NR
1 hr 33 min
Drama
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Plot
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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Movie Details
Original Language:
Japanese
Production Companies:
Shochiku
There Was a Father on the Web:
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father son relationship
single father
schoolteacher
math teacher
textile worker
Cast & Crew
C
Chishū Ryū
as Shuhei Horikawa
S
Shūji Sano
as Ryohei Horikawa
H
Haruhiko Tsuda
as Young Ryohei
S
Shin Saburi
as Yasutaro Kurokawa
T
Takeshi Sakamoto
as Makoto Hirata
M
Mitsuko Mito
as Fumi
Y
Yasujirō Ozu
Director
T
Tadao Ikeda
Writer
Y
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Editor
Y
Yûharu Atsuta
Director of Photography
T
Takao Yanai
Writer
Y
Yasujirō Ozu
Writer
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