There Was a Father
There Was a Father

There Was a Father

7.0(76 votes)
1942
1h 33m
Drama

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

Production

Shochiku

Cast

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Shuhei Horikawa

Shūji Sano

Shūji Sano

Ryohei Horikawa

Haruhiko Tsuda

Haruhiko Tsuda

Young Ryohei

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Makoto Hirata

Mitsuko Mito

Mitsuko Mito

Fumi

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Priest

Reikō Tani

Reikō Tani

Teacher of Chinese Literature

Kanji Kawara

Kanji Kawara

Teacher of Junior High School

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