There Was a Father

There Was a Father

Chichi ariki
🎞️ Movie 94 min JP
โ˜… 7.5 /10 1942

A father and his son, a son and his father. Horikawa is a widower, a teacher, and a good father to Ryohei, who's about 10. After a tragedy, Horikawa resigns from teaching and takes Ryohei from Tokyo to the town of Ueno, enrolling him in junior high; to the lad's sorrow, he will be a boarder. Horikawa returns to work in Tokyo, their separation is complete. Jump ahead more than ten years: with dad's help, Ryohei has finished college and has a teaching job in Akita. Horikawa considers living with his son, which Ryohei wants, but the elder's notions of duty and hard work preclude it. Ryohei arranges a ten-day vacation with his father. Heartbreak comes quietly, nearly hidden by dignity.

Cast

Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Shūhei Horikawa
Shūji Sano
Shūji Sano
Ryōhei Horikawa
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Haruhiko Tsuda
Ryōhei as a child
Shin Saburi
Shin Saburi
Yasutarō Kurokawa
Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
Makoto Hirata
Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito
Fumiko Hirata
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Masayoshi Ōtsuka
Seiichi Hirata
Shin'ichi Himori
Shin'ichi Himori
Minoru Uchida
Seiji Nishimura
Seiji Nishimura
Priest
Reikō Tani
Reikō Tani
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Kyoichi Saiki
Composer
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Yūharu Atsuta
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

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