C'era un padre (1942)
Un insegnante di provincia rassegna le proprie dimissioni al preside dell'istituto, sentendosi addosso la responsabilità della morte accidentale per annegamento di uno studente in una gita. Decide di cambiare lavoro e si trasferisce in una cittadina più grande portandosi dietro il figlio ancora in età scolare. Rendendosi però conto di non poter mantenere gli studi futuri del ragazzo, cambia nuovamente impiego, questa volta spostandosi da solo a Tokyo da dove si curerà del mantenimento del figlio a distanza. I due si reincontreranno dodici anni dopo, quando il figlio avrà 25 anni e sarà diventato anch'egli professore, ripercorrendo le orme del padre.
Direttore: 小津安二郎
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Chishū Ryū as Shuhei Horikawa |
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佐野周二 as Ryohei Horikawa |
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Haruhiko Tsuda as Young Ryohei |
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佐分利信 as Yasutaro Kurokawa |
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坂本武 as Makoto Hirata |
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Mitsuko Mito as Fumi |
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日守新一 as Minoru Uchida |
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西村青児 as Priest |
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谷麗光 as Teacher of Chinese Literature |
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河原侃二 as Teacher of Junior High School |
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Yûsuke Kurata as Teacher of Junior High School |
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宮島健一 as Company Employee |
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文谷千代子 as Maid |
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Shin'yō Nara as Doctor |
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大山健二 as Graduate |
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三井弘次 as Graduate |
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Teruo Kirasagi as Graduate |
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Katsumi Kubota as Graduate |
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毛塚守彦 as Photographer |
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小藤田正一 as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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葉山正雄 as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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永井秀明 as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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Bakudan Kozo as Tohoku Industrial Student |
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Masayoshi Ôtsuka as Seichi |
| Directing | 小津安二郎 | Director |
| Writing | 池田忠雄 | Writer |
| Writing | 小津安二郎 | Writer |
| Writing | 柳井隆雄 | Writer |
| Camera | 厚田雄春 | Director of Photography |
| Editing | 浜村義康 | Editor |
| Art | 浜田辰雄 | Art Direction |
| Sound | 妹尾芳三郎 | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Rokusaburô Saitô | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Akira Saiki | Original Music Composer |