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There Was a Father

1942
3.5

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

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1942

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

3.5
director
Yasujirō Ozu
cast
Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Haruhiko Tsuda, Shin Saburi 
genres
Drama
runtime
1 hr 33 mins
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