There Was a Father (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Year
1942
Country
JP
Language
Japanese
Release date
1 April 1942
TMDB
7.0 (86)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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Chishū Ryū
Shuhei Horikawa
Shūji Sano
Ryohei Horikawa
H
Haruhiko Tsuda
Young Ryohei
Shin Saburi
Yasutaro Kurokawa
Takeshi Sakamoto
Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito
Fumi
Shinichi Himori
Minoru Uchida
Seiji Nishimura
Priest
Reikō Tani
Teacher of Chinese Literature
Kanji Kawara
Teacher of Junior High School
Y
Yûsuke Kurata
Teacher of Junior High School
Kenichi Miyajima
Company Employee
Chiyoko Fumiya
Maid
Shin'yō Nara
Doctor
Kenji Oyama
Graduate
Kōji Mitsui
Graduate
T
Teruo Kirasagi
Graduate
K
Katsumi Kubota
Graduate
M
Morihiko Kezuka
Photographer
Shoichi Kofujita
Tohoku Industrial Student
Masao Hayama
Tohoku Industrial Student
H
Hideaki Nagai
Tohoku Industrial Student
B
Bakudan Kozo
Tohoku Industrial Student
M
Masayoshi Ôtsuka
Seichi
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