There Was a Father

There Was a Father

88 mins | Drama | April 1, 1942

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

There Was a Father

88 mins | Drama | April 1, 1942

There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 父ありき
Directors Yasujirō Ozu
Writers Takao Yanai, Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu

Cast

Chishū Ryū

as Shuhei Horikawa, the father

Shūji Sano

as Ryohei, the son

Haruhiko Tsuda

as Ryohei as a child

Shin Saburi

as Yasutaro Kurokawa, the father's colleague

Takeshi Sakamoto

as Makoto Hirata

Mitsuko Mito

as Fumi

Masayoshi Otsuka

as Seichi

Shinichi Himori

as Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

as Priest