There Was a Father

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  • Genre:Drama
  • Production:Shochiku
  • Released:1942-04-01
  • IMDB:tt0034591
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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