There Was a Father

Original title: 父ありき

Duration: 93 min

Release date: 1942-04-01

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

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as Shuhei Horikawa

as Ryohei Horikawa

as Young Ryohei

as Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

as Makoto Hirata

Shinichi Himori

Shinichi Himori

as Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

as Teacher of Chinese Literature

as Teacher of Junior High School

as Teacher of Junior High School

Kenichi Miyajima

Kenichi Miyajima

as Company Employee

Morihiko Kezuka

Morihiko Kezuka

as Photographer

Shoichi Kofujita

Shoichi Kofujita

as Tohoku Industrial Student

as Tohoku Industrial Student

as Tohoku Industrial Student

as Tohoku Industrial Student

Masayoshi Ôtsuka

Masayoshi Ôtsuka

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Yoshiyasu Hamamura

Yoshiyasu Hamamura

Director of Photography

Rokusaburô Saitô

Rokusaburô Saitô

Yoshisaburo Seno

Yoshisaburo Seno

Sound Recordist

Original Music Composer

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