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Movie
There Was a Father
Released: April 1, 1942 (1942)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Genres: Drama
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Kanji Kawara as Teacher of Junior High School
Age at release: 44
- Takeshi Sakamoto as Makoto Hirata
Age at release: 42
- Reikō Tani as Teacher of Chinese Literature
Age at release: 39
- Chishū Ryū as Shuhei Horikawa
Age at release: 37
- Seiji Nishimura as Priest
Age at release: 36
- Shinichi Himori as Minoru Uchida
Age at release: 35
- Shin Saburi as Yasutaro Kurokawa
Age at release: 33
- Shūji Sano as Ryohei Horikawa
Age at release: 29
- Mitsuko Mito as Fumi
Age at release: 23
- Haruhiko Tsuda as Young Ryohei
Age at release: Unknown
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- Kenichi Miyajima as Company Employee
Age at release: 46
- Shin'yō Nara as Doctor
Age at release: 45
- Kenji Oyama as Graduate
Age at release: 38
- Kōji Mitsui as Graduate
Age at release: 32
- Shoichi Kofujita as Tohoku Industrial Student
Age at release: 25
- Hideaki Nagai as Tohoku Industrial Student
Age at release: 20
- Chiyoko Fumiya as Maid
Age at release: 19
- Masao Hayama as Tohoku Industrial Student
Age at release: 16
- Yûsuke Kurata as Teacher of Junior High School
Age at release: Unknown
- Teruo Kirasagi as Graduate
Age at release: Unknown
- Katsumi Kubota as Graduate
Age at release: Unknown
- Morihiko Kezuka as Photographer
Age at release: Unknown
- Bakudan Kozo as Tohoku Industrial Student
Age at release: Unknown
- Masayoshi Ôtsuka as Seichi
Age at release: Unknown