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1942 | DIRECTED BY YASUJIRO OZU

There Was a Father

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Movie Stats
Year
1942
Runtime
 94 minutes (1 hr 34 mins)
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Chishu Ryu
Shuji Sano
Shin Saburi
Takeshi Sakamoto
Mitsuko Mito
Masayoshi Otsuka
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First viewed:
18th Aug 2025
Last viewed:
12th Mar 2026
Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
1st November 1982
43 years 6 months 18 days ago
Japan release date
 Japan
1st April 1942
84 years 1 months 18 days ago
France release date
 France
29th June 2005
20 years 10 months 20 days ago
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Directed by
yasujiro ozu Yasujiro Ozu
Starring
Chishu RyuShuhei Horikawa
Shuji SanoRyohei Horikawa
Shin SaburiYasutaro Kurokawa
Takeshi SakamotoMakoto Hirata
Mitsuko MitoFumiko Hirata
Masayoshi OtsukaSeiichi Hirata
Shinichi HimoriMinoru Uchida
Haruhiko TsudaRyohei
Shotaro Fujimatsu
Chiyoko Fumiya
Masao Hayama
Kanji KawaharaTeacher of junior high school
Teruo Kisaragi
Shoichi Kofujita
Masami Kubota
Yusuke KurataTeacher of junior high school
Koji Mitsui
Kenichi Miyajima
Hideaki Nagai
Shinyo Nara
Seiji NishimuraPriest
Takashi Ogata
Tsuneo Ohsugi
Giichi Okita
Reiko Tani
Morihiko Tezuka
Jun Yokoyama
Kenji Oyama
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