JAPAN · 1942

There Was A Father

Yasujiro Ozu
Japanese Golden Age single parenthood poverty sacrifice father-son relationship education
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Synopsis

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Year1942
CountryJapan
DirectorYasujiro Ozu
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