There Was a Father (1942)

Drama

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

Cast

Shuhei Horikawa
Chishū Ryū
Ryohei Horikawa
Shūji Sano
Teacher of Junior High School
Kanji Kawara
Teacher of Junior High School
Y Yûsuke Kurata
Company Employee
Kenichi Miyajima
Maid
C Chiyoko Fumiya
Doctor
Shin'yō Nara
Graduate
Kenji Oyama
Graduate
Kōji Mitsui
Graduate
T Teruo Kirasagi
Graduate
K Katsumi Kubota
Photographer
M Morihiko Kezuka
Young Ryohei
H Haruhiko Tsuda
Tohoku Industrial Student
Shoichi Kofujita
Tohoku Industrial Student
Masao Hayama
Tohoku Industrial Student
H Hideaki Nagai
Tohoku Industrial Student
B Bakudan Kozo
Yasutaro Kurokawa
Shin Saburi
Makoto Hirata
Takeshi Sakamoto
Fumi
Mitsuko Mito
Seichi
M Masayoshi Otsuka
Minoru Uchida
Shinichi Himori
Priest
Seiji Nishimura
Teacher of Chinese Literature
Reikō Tani

Crew

Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Writer
T Tadao Ikeda
Writer
Yasujirō Ozu
Writer
T Takao Yanai
Director of Photography
Y Yûharu Atsuta
Editor
Y Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Art Direction
T Tatsuo Hamada
Sound Recordist
Y Yoshisaburo Seno
Sound Effects
R Rokusaburô Saitô
Original Music Composer
A Akira Saiki