Status: Released
Released Date: 1942-04-01
Runtime: 93 mins
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Writer: Takao Yanai, Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama
Original title: There Was a Father
Production Companies: Shochiku
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Chishū Ryū
Shūji Sano
Haruhiko Tsuda
Shin Saburi
Takeshi Sakamoto
Mitsuko Mito
Shinichi Himori
Seiji Nishimura
Reikō Tani
Kanji Kawara
Yûsuke Kurata
Kenichi Miyajima
Chiyoko Fumiya
Shin'yō Nara
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