There Was a Father

Apr 1, 1942

1h 33m

★ 7.0

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Shuhei Horikawa

Chishū Ryū

Ryohei Horikawa

Shūji Sano

Young Ryohei

Haruhiko Tsuda

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Shin Saburi

Makoto Hirata

Takeshi Sakamoto

Fumi

Mitsuko Mito

Minoru Uchida

Shinichi Himori

Priest

Seiji Nishimura

Teacher of Chinese Literature

Reikō Tani

Teacher of Junior High School

Kanji Kawara

Teacher of Junior High School

Yûsuke Kurata

Company Employee

Kenichi Miyajima

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