There Was a Father

1942 film by Yasujirō Ozu
Movie film Q1366562
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There Was a Father

Summary

There Was a Father is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • There Was a Father's image is recorded as Chichi ariki (1942).jpg[3].
  • There Was a Father's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • There Was a Father's director is recorded as Yasujirō Ozu[5].
  • There Was a Father's screenwriter is recorded as Yasujirō Ozu[6].
  • There Was a Father's genre is recorded as drama film[7].
  • There Was a Father's cast member is recorded as Mitsuko Mito[8].
  • There Was a Father's cast member is recorded as Chishū Ryū[9].
  • There Was a Father's cast member is recorded as Shin Saburi[10].
  • There Was a Father's director of photography is recorded as Yūharu Atsuta[11].
  • There Was a Father's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0034591[12].
  • There Was a Father's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[13].
  • There Was a Father's Commons category is recorded as There Was a Father[14].
  • There Was a Father's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[15].
  • There Was a Father's review score is recorded as 8.4/10[16].
  • There Was a Father's review score is recorded as 100%[17].
  • There Was a Father's color is recorded as black-and-white[18].
  • There Was a Father's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 281860[19].
  • There Was a Father's country of origin is recorded as Japan[20].
  • There Was a Father's publication date is recorded as +1942-01-01T00:00:00Z[21].
  • There Was a Father's publication date is recorded as +1942-04-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • There Was a Father's publication date is recorded as +1982-11-00T00:00:00Z[23].
  • There Was a Father's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0crs0l9[24].
  • There Was a Father's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[25].
  • There Was a Father's narrative location is recorded as Tokyo[26].
  • There Was a Father's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/there_was_a_father[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

There Was a Father's director is recorded as Yasujirō Ozu[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Yasujirō Ozu[6]. Cast members include Mitsuko Mito[8], Chishū Ryū[9], and Shin Saburi[10].

Publication

Publication dates include +1942-01-01T00:00:00Z[21], +1942-04-01T00:00:00Z[22], and +1982-11-00T00:00:00Z[23]. There Was a Father's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[13]. Its genre is recorded as drama film[7].

Reception

Reviews include 8.4/10[16] and 100%[17].

Why It Matters

There Was a Father ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . decine21.com. Retrieved . decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . decine21.com. Retrieved . decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . decine21.com. Retrieved . decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . decine21.com. Retrieved . decine21.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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