There Was a Father

Name: There Was a Father
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Released: 1942
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Mitsuko Mito, Shuji Sano, Shin Saburi, Masayoshi Ôtsuka

父ありき

by Yasujirō Ozu1h341942Japan

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

Cast and crew

Credits
- Distributor : Carlotta Films
- Director : Yasujirō Ozu
- Scenario : Yasujirō Ozu, Tadao Ikeda, Takao Yanai
- Photo Director : Yûharu Atsuta
- Editing : Yoshiyasu Hamamura
- Original Music : Kyoichi Saiki
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1942
- French release date : 29 juin 2005
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : Japanese

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The most beautiful thing in this movie is the way a story between father & son is told like a love story.

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