There Was a Father
A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Released
- 1942
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 1942
Storyline
A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.
Top credits
Chishū Ryū — Shūhei Horikawa
Shūji Sano — Ryōhei Horikawa
Haruhiko Tsuda — Ryōhei as a child
Shin Saburi — Yasutarō Kurokawa
Did you know
• Contains only 353 shots. The average shot length is 14.8 seconds.
• In 1919 when Ozu was a high school student, a boat in which one of his classmates was riding capsized in the Dotonbori canal in Osaka. This was said to be the inspiration for the scene in the film in which the student drowns from a capsized boat.
• Chishu Ryu and Shuji Sano played father and son in the film, even though Ryu was only eight years older than Sano in real life.
User reviews
Sometimes a little clunky (probably because it was edited post-war), but very good nonetheless
War-time Ozu
Very good Japanese drama from director Ozu
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
