There Was a Father
父ありき
1942 · 1h 33m · Drama · Japan
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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Yasujirō Ozu6.5Smart score
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father son relationshipmath teacherschoolteachersingle fathertextile worker
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