There Was a Father (1942)

Original title

父ありき

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 85 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A widowed schoolteacher raises his son alone. They share a close bond but are separated when the father's job takes him to another city.

poignantgentlemelancholicquiettenderslow-pacedbittersweetemotional

What happens

There Was a Father (Japanese: 父ありき, Hepburn: Chichi Ariki) is a 1942 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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