There Was a Father (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
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Chishū Ryū as Shuhei Horikawa |
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Shūji Sano as Ryohei Horikawa |
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Haruhiko Tsuda as Young Ryohei |
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Shin Saburi as Yasutaro Kurokawa |
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Takeshi Sakamoto as Makoto Hirata |
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Mitsuko Mito as Fumi |
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Shinichi Himori as Minoru Uchida |
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Seiji Nishimura as Priest |
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Reikō Tani as Teacher of Chinese Literature |
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Kanji Kawara as Teacher of Junior High School |
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Yûsuke Kurata as Teacher of Junior High School |
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Kenichi Miyajima as Company Employee |
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Chiyoko Fumiya as Maid |
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Shin'yō Nara as Doctor |
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Kenji Oyama as Graduate |
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Kōji Mitsui as Graduate |
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Teruo Kirasagi as Graduate |
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Katsumi Kubota as Graduate |
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Morihiko Kezuka as Photographer |
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Shoichi Kofujita as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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Masao Hayama as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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Hideaki Nagai as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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Bakudan Kozo as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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Masayoshi Ôtsuka as Seichi |
| Directing | Yasujirō Ozu | Director |
| Writing | Tadao Ikeda | Writer |
| Editing | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | Editor |
| Camera | Yûharu Atsuta | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Takao Yanai | Writer |
| Writing | Yasujirō Ozu | Writer |
| Sound | Rokusaburô Saitô | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Yoshisaburo Seno | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Akira Saiki | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Tatsuo Hamada | Art Direction |