There Was a Father(父ありき)

Widower and father Shuhei Horikawa grapples with raising his son, Ryuhei, amidst financial strife and personal failings of honor. Fifteen years later, Ryuhei assumes not just his father's former job as a math teacher but also the same internal and external conflicts. Director Yasujiro Ozu deftly depicts a family and country in crisis.