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There Was a Father AKA Chichi ariki (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.Director: Yasujirô Ozu
OVERALL: R1-
OVERALL: R1
The US release for the extras.
Note the following versions:
- Original theatrical version (94 mins)
- Postwar version, with 7 minutes of cuts by the occupation censors (87 mins)
- 2023 restored version, with 5 minutes of censored footage recovered by Gosfilmofond (92 mins)
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CUTS:
- R1 Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu America- Criterion Collection - Yes - Postwar version, with 7 minutes of cuts by the occupation censors (87:08 NTSC).
- R2 Yasujiro Ozu Edition Germany- Koch Media - Yes - Postwar version, with 7 minutes of cuts by the occupation censors (83:19 PAL).
- R2 The Ozu Collection United Kingdom- British Film Institute - Yes - Postwar version, with 7 minutes of cuts by the occupation censors.
- R3 Hong Kong- Panorama Distribution - Yes - Postwar version, with 7 minutes of cuts by the occupation censors (86:48 NTSC).
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 12/11/14
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 11/10/23UPDATE LOG:
12/11/14: Initial entry.
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09/12/14: Addition of the UK edition.
16/05/19: Added Germany.
11/10/23: Notes on versions.
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