Movie Mania

There Was a Father (1942)

NA93 minDrama

7 / 10

72 votes

Budget: NARevenue: NA

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

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Written by Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu, Takao Yanai

Chishū Ryū

Shuhei Horikawa

Shūji Sano

Ryohei Horikawa

Haruhiko Tsuda

Young Ryohei

Shin Saburi

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Makoto Hirata

Mitsuko Mito

Fumi

Masayoshi Otsuka

Seichi

Shinichi Himori

Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

Priest

Reikō Tani

Teacher of Chinese Literature