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Quick Facts

DirectorYasujirō Ozu

Runtime1h 33m

GenresDrama

Release1942-04-01

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Film

There Was a Father

Name: There Was a Father
Released: 1942-04-01

1942· 1h 33m· Drama

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

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Cast & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorYasujirō Ozu

WriterTadao Ikeda

Director of PhotographyYûharu Atsuta

Original Music ComposerAkira Saiki

EditorYoshiyasu Hamamura

Full cast & crew (24 cast · 10 crew)

Details

Released1942-04-01

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

StudiosShochiku

LanguagesJapanese

CountriesJapan

Rating7.0/10 · 84 votes

Original languageja

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