There Was a Father

About There Was a Father

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

Yasujirō Ozu's There Was a Father is a 1942 drama film. The film is filed under single father, schoolteacher, math teacher, and textile worker.

Chishū Ryū stars as Shuhei Horikawa, Shūji Sano as Ryohei Horikawa, Haruhiko Tsuda as Young Ryohei, and Shin Saburi as Yasutaro Kurokawa. It runs 93 minutes and was released in April 1942.

The screenplay is by Tadao Ikeda and Takao Yanai. It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Billy Elliot make useful companions to There Was a Father, all filed under father son relationship. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 86 votes.