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There Was a Father (1942) · Cineora

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A YASUJIRŌ OZU FILM

There Was a Father

19421h 33mMovie

Drama

IMDb7.5/ 10 · 3.6K votes

THE STORY

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

Heartwarming
Bittersweet
Melancholic
Family
Parenthood
Period piece

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Easy watch

Good for family night, talking about after and a quick watch.

DirectorYasujirō Ozu

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.0 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Chishū RyūShuhei Horikawa

Shūji SanoRyohei Horikawa

Haruhiko TsudaYoung Ryohei

Shin SaburiYasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi SakamotoMakoto Hirata

Mitsuko MitoFumi

Shinichi HimoriMinoru Uchida

Seiji NishimuraPriest

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