There Was a Father

There Was a Father
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
Written by Tadao Ikeda
Yasujiro Ozu
Takao Anai
Starring Mitsuko Mito
Chishu Ryu
Shin Saburi
Cinematography Yushun Atsua
Release date(s) April 1, 1942 (1942-04-01)
Running time 94 minutes
Country Japan

There Was a Father is a 1942 Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu.

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Production

Yasujiro Ozu wrote the first draft of There Was a Father before he went to China in 1937. On returning for Japan, he re-wrote it again and feeling that "it could still be improved".[1]

Release

There Was a Father was released on April 1, 1942.[2] The only existing prints of the film were cut by Douglas MacArthur's censors for postwar rereleases.[3] There Was a Father placed second in the Kinema Junpo's annual critics' poll of Japan's Best Ten films.[3]

There Was a Father was released on DVD along with Ozu's The Only Son by The Criterion Collection on July 13, 2010.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Richie, 1977. p.229
  2. ^ Richie, 1977. p.228
  3. ^ a b Rayns, Tony (July 13, 2010). "There Was a Father:Duty Calls". The Criterion Collection. http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1512-there-was-a-father-duty-calls. Retrieved December 19, 2010. 
  4. ^ "The Only Son/There Was a Father [Criterion Collection [2 Discs]"]. Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/dvd/only-sonthere-was-a-father-criterion-collection-2-discs-239899. Retrieved December 19, 2010. 

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