There was a father

Author

Yasujirō Ozu

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

Japanese dialogue ; English subtitles.

Performers

Ryū Chishū, Sano Shūji, Tsuda Haruhiko, Saburi Shin, Sakamoto Takeshi, Mito Mitsuko, Ōtsuka Masayoshi, Himori Shin'ichi.

Publication Information

[United States] : The Criterion Collection, c2010.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A widowed high school teacher finds that the more he tries to do what is best for his son's future, the more they are separated.

Notes

Originally produced as a motion picture in Japan in 1942.

Special feature: New interview with film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson.