Chishū Ryū
Popularity:0.415
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1904-05-13
Place of Birth:Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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Also Known As:笠 智衆, Chishû Ryû, Ryu Chishu, Chishuu Ryuu, Тисю Рю

The Fourth Lady (1948)
It was the first time in six years that I was able to step on the land of my homeland, the land of my nostalgia. It was Tokyo that had turned to...

The Longest Tunnel (1982)
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront...

Tora-san Confesses (1991)
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But...

Crybaby Chacha (1987)
Chiaki Onoda a young assisstant sound mixer is unhappy with his job, but otherwise he is enjoying life. He loves his cat, his friends, hunting for...

Late Spring (1949)
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

Early Spring (1956)
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

Striving to Live (1955)
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...

Late Autumn (1960)
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of...

Love in the Mountains (1959)
A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the...

There Was a Father (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old...

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Let's Go in Good Spirits (1941)
In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

Equinox Flower (1958)
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...

Good Morning (1959)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells...

The End of Summer (1961)
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

Kaisen no Zenya (1943)
Kempeitai fights American spies in Japan

Gekimetsu no uta (1945)
Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day of the outbreak of war, the three girls meet again...

Street Without End (1934)
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some...

The Funeral (1984)
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...

Dolls floating down the river (1962)
A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...

The Rickshaw Man (1958)
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
1962 Japanese movie

Flower in a Storm (1962)
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

Mole Alley (1953)
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

Otome no iru kichi (1945)
Japanese war movie.

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

Floating Weeds (1959)
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

The Soundless Cry (1965)
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who works...

Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder...

That Night's Wife (1930)
In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

The Only Son (1936)
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...

Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

The Munekata Sisters (1950)
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them...

Tokyo-Ga (1985)
German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

Iki na fûraibô (1946)
A lost film by Masahiro Makino

Bridge (1959)
A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

The Last War (1961)
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

The Human Bullet (1968)
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as...

Carmen Comes Home (1951)
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and...

Woman of Tokyo (1933)
Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

Boyhood (1951)
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

Ornamental Hairpin (1941)
A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among...

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

Master Fencer Sees the World (1960)
A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

Youth of the Son (1952)
The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.

Passing Fancy (1933)
In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)
A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his...

Tora-san's Grand Scheme (1970)
After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...

The Snow Flurry (1959)
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

Army (1944)
Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

Home from the Sea (1972)
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the...

Luminous Moss (1992)
A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before sharing stories of their own.

White Blaze (1958)
A masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yasushi Inoue.

Sailor (1944)
Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the...

Children in the Wind (1937)
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated,...

The Eternal Rainbow (1958)
Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

A Star Athlete (1937)
During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

Boy Aviation Pilots (1936)
Story of two close friends who long to become pilots in the air corps. Only one succeeds in entering the service, while the other finds a job in...

Housewife Camellia (1936)
The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to...

Spring Dreams (1960)
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

Queen of the Wind (1938)
A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The company is planning to send someone to Paris for...

Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

Southern Wind (1939)
Based on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The lust is restrained and indifferent. The story even has...

Flower (1941)
Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe meets and grows close to a doctor who proposes...

South Wind (1942)
Amusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the newspaper serial novel of Shishiko Shishi. Like in "Warm...

Tora-san's Love Call (1971)
Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with...

Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because...

Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)
After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now...

The Wandering Princess (1960)
Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family - all in the...

The Moon Has Risen (1955)
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...

Tora-san's Lullaby (1974)
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again....

慶安水滸傳 (1954)
Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki, formed a bond with the theater's...

Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to...

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's...

Tora-san's Pure Love (1976)
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love...

Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

Don't Tell Your Wife About It (1937)
A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive...

Drunkard's Paradise (1962)
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...

Tora-san Plays Cupid (1977)
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt...

The Lights of Asakusa (1937)
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

Satan's Sword (1960)
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...

Home Sweet Home (1951)
The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace,...

Sisters (1953)
Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji),...

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass (1954)
The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The experiences of a middle-aged couple with a child!...

Scrap Collectors (1968)
Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

Door of Flowers (1961)
Goto Tamiko starred in TV commercials and her father, Keisuke, was a powerful financier who is now fallen on hard times. Tamiko wants to marry her...

The Storm (1956)
A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.

Port of Flowers (1943)
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)
Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko...

Freedom School (1951)
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978)
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up...

I Flunked, But... (1930)
This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things...

Flying in the Air (1957)
The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)
When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

Dragnet Girl (1933)
A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed...

Dreams (1990)
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

It's Tough Being a Man (1969)
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura....

Monument to Holy Service (1978)
A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.

Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.

The Lady and the Beard (1931)
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.

Dislikes (1964)
An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a...

The Crowded Train (1957)
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 (1960)
The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.

Life's Simple Pleasures (1955)
A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos,...

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...

When We are Old (1982)
An old man has to move to his son's new house. His wife is hospitalized and cannot move together. A few days after moving, he decides to go back to...

Until Spring Comes (1989)
Living with her son and aging father-in-law, the beautiful widow is bewildered by the passionate love of a middle-aged man who forcefully enters her...

When Winter Comes (1985)
An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his...

South Wind 2 (1942)
In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in Singapore where he meets an old friend who...

The Woman Who Holds the Key (1946)
Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

The Castle of Sand (1974)
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Until the End of the World (1991)
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in...

Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Always in My Heart (1953)
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945....

Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

The Last Kamikaze (1970)
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji...

Traveling in Party (1967)
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

The Good Fairy (1951)
The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.

Farewell to Spring (1959)
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

Love Letter (1953)
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

The First Kiss (1955)
Portmanteau film about young lovers.

The Wiser Age (1962)
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...

An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and...

Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973)
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (1986)
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and...

Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the...

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living...

Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his...

Tora-san's Promise (1981)
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all...

Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985)
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a...

Tora-san, the Expert (1982)
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist...

Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested...

Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to...

Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii (1964)
A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those...

Stray Sheep (1955)
1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Rush to Our Sweetheart (1963)
Japanese comedy film.

Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio (1988)
Documentary about the life and career of Japanese actor Chishu Ryu.

Tange Sazen (1963)
In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu...

A Visage to Remember (1948)
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties, visits his teacher and mentor, Professor...

Internees of Kampili (1960)
In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied...

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player....

The Golden Demon (1937)
A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

Days of Youth (1929)
Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.

Song of the Flower Basket (1937)
Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.

The Black Sheep (1967)
Young female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little sister, but their new life is complicated by hoodlum-like...

Four Sisters (1962)
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

High-School Outcasts (1970)
Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a...

I Lived, But... (1983)
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

The Refugee (1955)
A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite...

Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then...

Lanterns on Blue Waters (1983)
The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89...

Flower and Dragon (1973)
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two...

The Waves (1952)
Nami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)
Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san...

Moon Over the Ruins (1937)
Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Children Hand in Hand (1948)
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

Eyes of Children (1956)
A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investigation reveals that he and his wife were at odds...

The Face (1957)
A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth of this accident starts to chase a up-and-coming...

Fight for the Glory (1969)
Coming of age/high school sports drama.

Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.

I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

College Is a Nice Place (1936)
In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

Physical Beauty (1928)
A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge...

Couple on the Move (1928)
When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge. Considered to...

Pumpkin (1928)
Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

Wife Lost (1928)
A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

Only She Knows (1960)
A young woman is attacked by a serial rapist and murderer whom her detective father is investigating. Though she survives, the impact of the event...

Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...

Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san...

And Then (1985)
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and...

Introspection Tower (1941)
A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is...

The New Road: Akemi (1936)
The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...

Tora-san's Runaway (1970)
After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an...

Come Marry Me (1966)
Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection...

Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the...

The Greatest Man in the World (1986)
Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

A Hen in the Wind (1948)
Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for...

A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead...

Wim Wenders in Tokyo (1990)
A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video designer on UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, in Tokyo, and...

The Four Loves (1965)
A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each...

Tora-san Loves an Artist (1973)
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling...

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975)
Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with...

Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.

Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Talking with Ozu (1993)
A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki...

A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939)
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972)
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals...

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (1971)
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971)
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his...

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...

Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.

Goodbye to the Front (1937)
A 1937 Japanese film.

Spring Thunder (1939)
Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her...

Machi no Hi (1974)
Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approach shop, that is, a phony business of sex...

Aiyoku no sabaki (1953)
Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...

Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home (1943)
A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hibari no Circus Sad Kobato" starring Hibari Misora...

New Woman Question and Answer (1939)
Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The...

Living Image (1948)
A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Love (1933)
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)
The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn (1974)
An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, during, and after World War II, against the...

Kyukei no Koya (1975)
A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

I'm a Bodyguard (1964)
Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a...

Oyuki (1966)
A movie-loving nanny lives and works in the home of a university professor and eventually becomes the family's support system, leading a bright and...

Shin Jinsei Gekijo (1961)
1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Subarashiki shōtai (1955)
1955 Japanese movie

The Roads Men Travel (1976)
The series depicts the employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds facing many difficult questions. It features a...

A-Un (1980)
Senkichi Mizuta, a pharmaceutical company employee, and Shuzo Kadokura, a war profiteer, are diametrically opposed in appearance and personality, but...

An Early Autumn (1987)
A former couple, separated for over 20 years, were reunited after being told their son had only 3 months to live. What should they do as parents? As...

Haguregumo (1978)
Set at the end of the Edo period, the series depicts Kumo's family with his wife, Kame, their 11-year-old son, Shinnosuke. Kumo is always ignoring...

Hi no kuni ni (1976)
The 18th NHK Asadora. Starring Keiko Suzuka about a woman who strives to become a landscape gardener.

Tamayura (1965)
The 5th NHK Asadora. Starring Chishuu Ryuu as an old man who begins to travel after he retires. From a story written for television by Yasunari...

Zoku zoku jiken (1980)
Daisaburo Kikuchi (Tomisaburo Wakayama), a skilled lawyer full of humanity, thrillingly depicts the process of stepping into the background of the...

Tokyo Suburbia (1979)
Two couples are confronted with the fact that their children have dropped out of high school and started living together. This drama questions the...