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There Was a Father
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Title: There Was a Father

Release Date: 1 Apr 1942

Runtime: 1h 33m

Genre: Drama

Director: Shochiku

Production Companies: Shochiku

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

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Average Vote: 7 (70 votes)

Cast

  • Shuhei Horikawa: Chishū Ryū
  • Ryohei Horikawa: Shūji Sano
  • Young Ryohei: Haruhiko Tsuda
  • Yasutaro Kurokawa: Shin Saburi
  • Makoto Hirata: Takeshi Sakamoto
  • Fumi: Mitsuko Mito
  • Seichi: Masayoshi Otsuka
  • Minoru Uchida: Shinichi Himori
  • Priest: Seiji Nishimura
  • Teacher of Chinese Literature: Reikō Tani
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