View Item - FM-T083-1942

Language:
Japanese
Category:
Drama
Duration:
87 Minutes
Catalog Num:
FM-T083-1942
Title:
There Was a Father (Chichi Ariki)
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
DVD
Program:
F&MS

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

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.

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