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...
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
9 people
Masao Wakahara
Also in
Carmen's Innocent Love
Jirocho in Disgrace
Hibari Misora
Also in
Ghost in the Well
So Young, So Bright
Kuniko Miyake
Known for
Tokyo Story
Good Morning
Ryuji Kita
Known for
An Autumn Afternoon
Tokyo Drifter
Mutsuko Sakura
Known for
Tokyo Story
Maborosi
Ichirō Shimizu
Known for
Late Spring
Scandal
Chiyoko Fumiya
Known for
The Idiot
A Hen in the Wind
Kentaro Taki
Also in
Blue Film Woman
Hussy
Akira Takaya
Also in
The Young Avenger
Young Miss Executive
Shunkai Mizuho Director · Kihan Nagase Screenplay
First release March 8, 1951 · Produced in Japan · Original title 父恋し
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
父恋し
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 8, 1951
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Shunkai Mizuho
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked I Yearn for Father
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.