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Yasujiro Ozu’s frequent leading man Chishu Ryu is riveting as Shuhei, a widowed high school teacher who finds that the more he tries to do what is best for his son’s future, the more they are separated. Though primarily a delicately wrought story of parental love, There Was a Father offers themes of sacrifice that were deemed appropriately patriotic by Japanese censors at the time of its release during World War II, making it a uniquely political film in Ozu’s body of work.
Original Release
04/01/1942
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chishû Ryû | Shuhei Horikawa / Shuhei Horikawa, le père |
| Shûji Sano | Ryohei Horikawa / Ryohei, le fils |
| Shin Saburi | Yasutaro Kurokawa / Yasutaro Kurokawa, un collègue du père |
| Takeshi Sakamoto | Makoto Hirata |
| Mitsuko Mito | Fumiko Hirata / Fumi |
| Masayoshi Otsuka | Seiichi Hirata / Seichi |
| Shin'ichi Himori | Minoru Uchida |
| Haruhiko Tsuda | Ryohei as a child |
| Shôtarô Fujimatsu | |
| Chiyoko Fumiya |
Directors
Writers
Yasujiro Ozu, Takao Yanai, Patrick Rodriguez
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chishû Ryû | Shuhei Horikawa / Shuhei Horikawa, le père |
| Shûji Sano | Ryohei Horikawa / Ryohei, le fils |
| Shin Saburi | Yasutaro Kurokawa / Yasutaro Kurokawa, un collègue du père |
| Takeshi Sakamoto | Makoto Hirata |
| Mitsuko Mito | Fumiko Hirata / Fumi |
| Masayoshi Otsuka | Seiichi Hirata / Seichi |
| Shin'ichi Himori | Minoru Uchida |
| Haruhiko Tsuda | Ryohei as a child |
| Shôtarô Fujimatsu | |
| Chiyoko Fumiya | |
| Masao Hayama | |
| Kanji Kawahara | Teacher of junior high school |
| Teruo Kisaragi | |
| Shoichi Kofujita | (as Shôichi Kotôda) |
| Masami Kubota | |
| Yûsuke Kurata | Teacher of junior high school |
| Kôji Mitsui | |
| Ken'ichi Miyajima | |
| Hideaki Nagai | |
| Shin'yô Nara |
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