There Was a Father (1942)
Chichi ariki
94 min
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
- Release date
- April 1, 1942
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
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Cast
- Chishū Ryū as Shūhei Horikawa
- Shūji Sano as Ryōhei Horikawa
- Haruhiko Tsuda as Ryōhei as a child
- Shin Saburi as Yasutarō Kurokawa
- Takeshi Sakamoto as Makoto Hirata
- Mitsuko Mito as Fumiko Hirata
- Shin'ichi Himori as Minoru Uchida
- Seiji Nishimura as Priest
- Reikō Tani as Teacher of Chinese Literature
- Kanji Kawara as Teacher of Junior High School
- Ken'ichi Miyajima as Company Employee
- Chiyoko Fumiya as Maid
- Shin'yō Nara as Doctor
- Kenji Ōyama as Graduate
- Kōji Mitsui as Graduate
- Katsumi Kubota as Graduate
- Morihiko Kezuka as Photographer
- Shōichi Kofujita as Tohoku Industrial Student
- Masao Hayama as Tohoku Industrial Student
- Hideaki Nagai as Tohoku Industrial Student
- Masayoshi Ōtsuka as Seiichi Hirata
Crew
- Yasujirō Ozu · Director
- Tadao Ikeda · Writer
- Takao Yanai · Writer
- Yasujirō Ozu · Writer
- Kyoichi Saiki · Composer
- Yūharu Atsuta · Cinematographer
- Yoshiyasu Hamamura · Editor