Movie: There Was a Father

Top 10 Billed Cast

Chishū Ryū
笠智衆

Shuhei Horikawa

Shūji Sano
佐野周二

Ryohei Horikawa

Haruhiko Tsuda
Haruhiko Tsuda

Young Ryohei

Shin Saburi
佐分利信

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Takeshi Sakamoto
坂本武

Makoto Hirata

Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito

Fumi

Masayoshi Otsuka
Masayoshi Otsuka

Seichi

Shinichi Himori
日守新一

Minoru Uchida

Seiji Nishimura
西村青児

Priest

Reikō Tani
谷麗光

Teacher of Chinese Literature

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