There Was A Father
Yasujiro Ozu’s frequent leading man Chishu Ryu is riveting as Shuhei, a widowed high school teacher who finds that the more he tries to do what is best for his son’s future, the more they are separated. Though primarily a delicately wrought story of parental love, There Was a Father offers themes of sacrifice that were deemed appropriately patriotic by Japanese censors at the time of its release during World War II, making it a uniquely political film in Ozu’s body of work.
Credits
Original Title
Chichi Ariki
Title
There Was A Father
Directed by
Yasujiro OZU
Country
Japan
Year
1942
Screenplay
Tadao Ikeda, YasujirĂ´ Ozu, Takao Yanai
Film Editing
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Soundtrack
Gyoichi Saiki
Cinematography
Yuharu Atsuta
Sound
Yoshisaburo Senoo
Costumes
Taizo Saito
Production Design
Tatsuo Hamada
Production
Shochiku
Runtime
87 min.
Language
Japanese
Cast
Chishu Ryu (Shuhei Horikawa), Shuji Sano (Ryohei (adult)), Haruhiko Tsugawa (Ryohei (child)), Shin Saburi (Yasutaro Kurokawa), Takeshi Sakamoto (Makoto Hirata), Mitsuko Mito (Fumi), Masayoshi Otsuka (Seiichi), Shinichi Himori (Minoru Uchida)
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