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There Was a Father

There Was a Father

Chichi ariki

1942
DVD ISO
Drama | Foreign
Japan | Japanese | Black & White | 01:34

The Criterion Collection

Yasujiro Ozu’s frequent leading man Chishu Ryu is riveting as Shuhei, a widowed high school teacher who finds that the more he tries to do what is best for his son’s future, the more they are separated. Though primarily a delicately wrought story of parental love, There Was a Father offers themes of sacrifice that were deemed appropriately patriotic by Japanese censors at the time of its release during World War II, making it a uniquely political film in Ozu’s body of work.


Edition details

Edition Criterion
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Standard (1.33:1)
Audio Tracks JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles English
Edition Release Date Jul 27, 2010
Regions 1