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There Was a Father (1942)
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Reviews Counted:2
Fresh:2
Rotten:0
Average Rating:N/A
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Mitsuko Mito
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto, Mitsuko Mito
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Screenwriter: Tadao Ikeda, Yasujiro Ozu
Reviews for There Was a Father
If There Was a Father celebrates obedience as a virtue and duty the highest calling on the surface, there is an ambiguity in Ozu's tone.
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