1942 Drama
Japan
1h 34min
Original language: Japanese
Made at the height of World War II, There Was a Father is one of Ozu's most admired and affecting works. Ozu favourite Chishu Ryu plays a self-sacrificing widowed schoolteacher who experiences all the joy, pain and pride of parenthood as his beloved young son grows up, leaves home for school, and enters adulthood.
| Directed by | Yasujirô Ozu |