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There Was a Father

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There Was a Father

1h 34 min

1942

Japan

7.5

A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.

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Cast

Chishû Ryû

Chishû Ryû

Shuhei Horikawa

Shûji Sano

Shûji Sano

Ryohei Horikawa

Haruhiko Tsuda

Haruhiko Tsuda

Ryohei as a child

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Makoto Hirata

Mitsuko Mito

Mitsuko Mito

Fumiko Hirata

Masayoshi Ôtsuka

Seiichi Hirata

Shin'ichi Himori

Shin'ichi Himori

Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Priest

Reikô Tani

Teacher of Chinese Literature