There Was a Father
Trailer: There Was a Father
Year: 1942
Genre: Drama
Studio: Shochiku
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Haruhiko Tsuda, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Mitsuko Mito
Crew: Yasujirō Ozu (Director), Takao Yanai (Writer), Tadao Ikeda (Writer), Yûharu Atsuta (Director of Photography), Yoshiyasu Hamamura (Editor), Yasujirō Ozu (Writer)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Release: Apr 01, 1942
IMDb: 6.95/10 by 76 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

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