There Was a Father
父ありき (original)
Yasujiro Ozu’s frequent leading man Chishu Ryu is riveting as Shuhei, a widowed high school teacher who finds that the more he tries to do what is best for his son’s future, the more they are separated. Though primarily a delicately wrought story of parental love, THERE WAS A FATHER offers themes of sacrifice that were deemed appropriately patriotic by Japanese censors at the time of its release during World War II, making it a uniquely political film in Ozu’s body of work.
Starring Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Haruhiko Tsuda, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Mitsuko Mito, Masayoshi Otsuka, Shinichi Himori, Seiji Nishimura, Reikô Tani
Watch "There Was a Father" on Criterion Channel released in 1942. It's a drama and romance movie, and has a rating of 7.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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