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I Yearn for Father
I Yearn for Father
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  2. I Yearn for Father

I Yearn for Father

Original Title: 父恋し

1951
1h 7m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1951

Runtime

1h 7m

Storyline

Yuji Makita (Wakahara) came to a hot spring port town as a singer who plays the guitar. Thirteen years ago, Sanae Shimura (Miyake) was in love with him, and now Sanae works at a bar in Tokyo to support her daughter Emiko (Misorah) and elderly father Daiseki (Ryuji Kita). While waiting for her mother to return, Emiko often goes to the dock and sings a song. Yuji finds out that Emiko is his own daughter, because the song she sings was once written by Yuji himself and was known only to Sanae...

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 7m
Mar 8, 1951
Languages
Japanese
Director
Shunkai Mizuho
Production
Shochiku
Shochiku
Production Countries
Japan
Official Website

Top Cast

9 Cast Members

Masao Wakahara

Masao Wakahara

Hibari Misora

Hibari Misora

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Ryuji Kita

Mutsuko Sakura

Mutsuko Sakura

Ichirō Shimizu

Chiyoko Fumiya

Kentaro Taki

Akira Takaya

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