The read
A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 412 1940s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Yasujirō OzuDirector
- Tadao IkedaWriter
- Takao YanaiWriter
- Yasujirō OzuWriter
- Akira SaikiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chishū RyūShuhei Horikawa
- Shūji SanoRyohei Horikawa
- Haruhiko TsudaYoung Ryohei
- Shin SaburiYasutaro Kurokawa
- Takeshi SakamotoMakoto Hirata
- Mitsuko MitoFumi
- Shinichi HimoriMinoru Uchida
- Seiji NishimuraPriest
- Reikō TaniTeacher of Chinese Literature
- Kanji KawaraTeacher of Junior High School
- Yûsuke KurataTeacher of Junior High School
- Kenichi MiyajimaCompany Employee
Stills
Movies like There Was a Father
Themes
math teachersingle fatherschoolteachertextile workerfather son relationship