There Was a Father

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

1942

1h 33min

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Top Billed Cast

笠智衆
Shuhei Horikawa
佐野周二
Ryohei Horikawa
Haruhiko Tsuda
Young Ryohei
佐分利信
Yasutaro Kurokawa
坂本武
Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito
Fumi
Masayoshi Otsuka
Seichi
日守新一
Minoru Uchida
西村青児
Priest
谷麗光
Teacher of Chinese Literature
河原侃二
Teacher of Junior High School
Yûsuke Kurata
Teacher of Junior High School
宮島健一
Company Employee
文谷千代子
Maid
Shin'yō Nara
Doctor
大山健二
Graduate
三井弘次
Graduate
Teruo Kirasagi
Graduate
Katsumi Kubota
Graduate
Morihiko Kezuka
Photographer

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