There Was a Father(1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Movie: There Was a Father
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Shuhei Horikawa
Ryohei Horikawa
Yasutaro Kurokawa
Makoto Hirata
Fumi
Minoru Uchida
Priest
Teacher of Chinese Literature
Teacher of Junior High School
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THERE WAS A FATHER (Chichi ariki), 1942
父ありき / There was a father
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