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There Was a Father (1942) · FRAJTI

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There Was a Father

1942 7.0(88) 1h 33m ja

Cast

Chishū Ryū

Shuhei Horikawa

Shūji Sano

Ryohei Horikawa

Haruhiko Tsuda

Young Ryohei

Shin Saburi

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Makoto Hirata

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

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Mitsuko Mito

Fumi

Shinichi Himori

Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura

Priest

Reikō Tani

Teacher of Chinese Literature

Kanji Kawara

Teacher of Junior High School

Yûsuke Kurata

Teacher of Junior High School

Kenichi Miyajima

Company Employee

Chiyoko Fumiya

Maid

Shin'yō Nara

Doctor

Kenji Oyama

Graduate

Kōji Mitsui

Graduate

Teruo Kirasagi

Graduate

Katsumi Kubota

Graduate

Morihiko Kezuka

Photographer

Shoichi Kofujita

Tohoku Industrial Student

Masao Hayama

Tohoku Industrial Student

Hideaki Nagai

Tohoku Industrial Student

Bakudan Kozo

Tohoku Industrial Student

Masayoshi Ôtsuka

Seichi

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父ありき / There was a father
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THERE WAS A FATHER (Chichi ariki), 1942
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Details

Release date: Apr 1, 1942
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Studio: Shochiku
Catalogue id: 27372

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