Chishū Ryū Movies

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...

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

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...

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...

1945 Japanese movie

Documentary about the life and career of Japanese actor Chishu Ryu.

1964 Japanese movie

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

Romantic drama about three beautiful sisters, based on the acclaimed play.

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...

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...