There Was A Father

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Movie: There Was A Father
Romaji: Chichi ariki
Japanese: 父ありき
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Writer: Tadao Ikeda, Yasujiro Ozu, Takao Yanai
Producer:
Cinematographer: Yuuharu Atsuta
Release Date: April 1, 1942
Runtime: 94 min.
Studio: Shochiku
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

An aging father, who has been a good teacher all his life, has to leave his son to work in Tokyo, due to an accident that happened in his school. His son grew up to follow his footsteps and become a teacher, but all he wants is to live with his father again. When the son finally has a chance to live with his age-old father, his father falls critically ill.

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Chishu Ryu - Shuhei Horikawa
Shuji Sano - Ryohei
Shin Saburi - Yasutaro Kurokawa
Takeshi Sakamoto - Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito - Fumi
Masayoshi Otsuka - Seichi
Shinichi Himori - Minoru Uchida
Haruhiko Tsuda - Ryohei as a child
Kanji Kawara - Teacher of junior high school
Yusuke Kurata - Teacher of junior high school
Tsuneo Osugi

There Was A Father

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