Chishū Ryū
Date of birth: 1904-05-13
Place of birth: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 笠 智衆, Chishû Ryû, Ryu Chishu, Chishuu Ryuu, Тисю Рю
Biography
Chishu Ryu (May 13, 1904 in Kumamoto, Japan – March 16, 1993 in Yokohama, Japan) was a famous Japanese film actor, a favourite of the director Yasujiro Ozu. From 1928 to 1992 he appeared in at least 155 films, including Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953) and Yoshitaro Nomura's Castle of Sand (1974). From 1969 until his death, Ryu became familiar to a new generation as the curmudgeonly but benevolent Buddhist priest in Yoji Yamada's Tora-san movie series (a role he parodied to great effect in a cameo in Juzo Itami's 1984 comedy, The Funeral). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Fourth Lady
1948-12-23
It was the first time in six years that I was able to step on the land of my homeland, the land of m
The Longest Tunnel
1982-10-16
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunne
Red Beard
1965-03-04
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w
Tora-san Confesses
1991-12-23
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter t
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990-12-22
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another
Crybaby Chacha
1987-02-21
Chiaki Onoda a young assisstant sound mixer is unhappy with his job, but otherwise he is enjoying li
Late Spring
1949-09-13
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marr
Early Spring
1956-01-29
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship
Striving to Live
1955-02-25
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee
Late Autumn
1960-11-13
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particular
The Bad Sleep Well
1960-09-19
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within
Love in the Mountains
1959-10-23
A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who
There Was a Father
1942-04-01
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961-01-28
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Inte
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952-11-06
Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941-05-01
In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were cal
The End of Summer
1961-10-29
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his
Good Morning
1959-05-12
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergeneration
Equinox Flower
1958-09-07
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares
Kaisen no Zenya
1943-01-14
Kempeitai fights American spies in Japan
Gekimetsu no uta
1945-03-29
Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day o
Street Without End
1934-04-26
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, de
The Funeral
1984-11-17
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events a
Dolls floating down the river
1962-03-03
A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chiek
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954-09-15
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village
The Rickshaw Man
1958-04-21
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die
Zoku aizen katsura
1962-10-24
1962 Japanese movie
Futari dake no toride
1963-03-24
Flower in a Storm
1962-04-01
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
Mole Alley
1953-05-07
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 1
Otome no iru kichi
1945-04-01
Japanese war movie.
Japan's Longest Day
1967-08-03
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th
Floating Weeds
1959-11-17
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpect
The Soundless Cry
1965-01-30
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one h
Tokyo Story
1953-11-03
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v
That Night's Wife
1930-07-06
In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes wit
An Autumn Afternoon
1962-11-18
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she sh
Early Summer
1951-10-03
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
The Only Son
1936-09-15
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite thei
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947-05-20
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane,
Tokyo Twilight
1957-04-30
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952-10-01
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man
The Munekata Sisters
1950-08-08
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had al
Tokyo-Ga
1985-04-24
German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Oz
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941-03-01
After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to
Iki na fûraibô
1946-02-28
A lost film by Masahiro Makino
Bridge
1959-03-04
A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.
The Last War
1961-10-08
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superp
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971-03-06
The Human Bullet
1968-10-22
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedicati
Carmen Comes Home
1951-03-21
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware tha
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969-08-01
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japane
Woman of Tokyo
1933-02-09
Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night,
Boyhood
1951-05-12
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Ornamental Hairpin
1941-08-26
A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955-11-29
On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, i
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960-10-16
A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style o
Youth of the Son
1952-06-25
The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin
Passing Fancy
1933-09-07
In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a home
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934-05-11
A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unawa
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976-07-23
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mits
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940-05-23
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970-02-26
After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii
The Snow Flurry
1959-01-03
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
Army
1944-12-07
Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's
Home from the Sea
1972-10-28
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to
Luminous Moss
1992-04-25
A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before sha
White Blaze
1958-03-04
A masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel of t
Sailor
1944-05-25
Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. How
Children in the Wind
1937-11-11
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is impri
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983-12-28
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father.
The Eternal Rainbow
1958-10-28
Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while
A Star Athlete
1937-05-01
During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is test
Housewife Camellia
1936-10-04
The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime commit
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936-07-24
Story of two close friends who long to become pilots in the air corps. Only one succeeds in entering
Spring Dreams
1960-01-03
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home
Queen of the Wind
1938-02-17
A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The c
Mother is Strong
1939-12-17
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972-08-05
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young wom
Southern Wind
1939-02-15
Based on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The lust is
Flower
1941-07-15
Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe
South Wind
1942-09-17
Amusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the newspaper s
Tora-san's Love Call
1971-12-29
Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.
Yoru no keisha
1962-06-28
1962 Japanese movie
Love Under the Crucifix
1962-06-03
A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a ma
Where Spring Comes Late
1970-10-24
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a min
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974-08-10
After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into U
The Wandering Princess
1960-01-27
Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocrat
The Moon Has Risen
1955-01-08
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple sin
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974-12-28
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and l
慶安水滸傳
1954-01-21
Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975-12-27
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago.
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947-04-01
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men at
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976-12-25
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977-08-06
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's
The Radish and the Carrot
1965-01-03
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937-05-20
A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wiv
Drunkard's Paradise
1962-02-04
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving beh
Navy
1943-12-08
Japanese war film.
All is Well
1955-01-29
All is Well 2
1955-02-20
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977-12-24
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by th
The Lights of Asakusa
1937-12-02
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop f
Satan's Sword
1960-10-18
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book
Kyōshū
1952-07-02
Kare o korosu na
1952-09-11
Home Sweet Home
1951-03-21
The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded priz
Sisters
1953-04-29
Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko T
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954-06-08
The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The
Scrap Collectors
1968-11-28
Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
Door of Flowers
1961-05-26
Goto Tamiko starred in TV commercials and her father, Keisuke, was a powerful financier who is now f
The Storm
1956-10-24
A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989-12-27
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced
Port of Flowers
1943-07-29
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the ou
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992-12-26
Tora befriends a pretty barbershop owner and runs into Izumi. When Tora twists his ankle, Mitsuo com
Freedom School
1951-05-05
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surpri
The Man Who Has Returned
1944-07-20
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978-08-05
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn w
I Flunked, But...
1930-04-11
This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way
Flying in the Air
1957-01-09
The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932-10-13
When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of h
Dragnet Girl
1933-04-27
A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealo
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978-12-27
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on
Dreams
1990-05-11
Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a
Our Planes Fly South
1943-09-10
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969-08-27
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but recon
Monument to Holy Service
1978-09-23
A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979-08-04
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
The Lady and the Beard
1931-02-07
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tensi
Dislikes
1964-03-01
An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has tho
The Crowded Train
1957-03-29
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955-05-17
A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays th
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
1960-07-05
The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960-05-21
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen in
When We are Old
1982-11-03
An old man has to move to his son's new house. His wife is hospitalized and cannot move together. A
Sennichimae fukin
1945-10-25
1945 Japanese movie
Until Spring Comes
1989-04-06
Living with her son and aging father-in-law, the beautiful widow is bewildered by the passionate lov
When Winter Comes
1985-03-30
An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autu
South Wind 2
1942-10-22
In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946-08-15
Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuhe
The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a To
Until the End of the World
1991-09-12
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who
Always in My Heart
1953-09-15
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during th
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953-12-01
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954-04-27
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again,
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951-10-25
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they
The Last Kamikaze
1970-10-29
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up s
Traveling in Party
1967-11-12
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
The Good Fairy
1951-02-17
The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investi
Farewell to Spring
1959-04-28
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as st
Love Letter
1953-12-13
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letter
The First Kiss
1955-09-21
Portmanteau film about young lovers.
The Wiser Age
1962-01-14
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
An Inn in Tokyo
1935-11-21
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo,
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973-01-04
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985-08-03
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985-12-28
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), run
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986-12-20
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983-08-06
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san
Tora-san, the Expert
1982-12-28
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a y
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988-12-24
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is a
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980-12-27
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to To
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987-12-26
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly tu
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982-08-07
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully compre
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981-08-08
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to tra
Tora-san's Promise
1981-12-28
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarra
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964-08-01
A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of
Stray Sheep
1955-08-31
1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963-02-09
Japanese comedy film.
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988-01-01
Documentary about the life and career of Japanese actor Chishu Ryu.
Tange Sazen
1963-11-17
In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refus
A Visage to Remember
1948-04-04
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenti
Internees of Kampili
1960-09-29
In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing
The Golden Demon
1937-06-10
A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playbo
Days of Youth
1929-04-13
Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
Song of the Flower Basket
1937-01-14
Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi
The Black Sheep
1967-01-03
Young female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little sister,
Four Sisters
1962-07-01
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with ea
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1940-04-17
Oretachi no toki
1976-11-06
Japanese youth film.
High-School Outcasts
1970-12-16
Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes
I Lived, But...
1983-10-29
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of f
The Refugee
1955-05-03
A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying
Miyamoto Musashi
1973-07-13
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983-11-15
The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in or
Flower and Dragon
1973-03-17
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi
The Waves
1952-04-03
Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984-12-28
Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abrupt
Great X
1948-05-07
A 1948 Japanese film.
Moon Over the Ruins
1937-01-05
Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.
Children Hand in Hand
1948-03-30
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.
Eyes of Children
1956-01-15
A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investi
The Face
1957-01-22
A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth
Fight for the Glory
1969-12-17
Coming of age/high school sports drama.
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980-08-02
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her si
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959-04-12
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husban
College Is a Nice Place
1936-03-19
In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studie
Physical Beauty
1928-12-01
A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with h
Pumpkin
1928-08-31
Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.
Wife Lost
1928-06-15
A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Consi
Couple on the Move
1928-09-28
When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt w
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969-11-14
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
Only She Knows
1960-04-01
A young woman is attacked by a serial rapist and murderer whom her detective father is investigating
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970-01-15
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
The Youth and His Amulet
1961-09-17
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984-08-04
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san mee
And Then
1985-11-09
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 y
Introspection Tower
1941-01-30
A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers an
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963-08-27
Dôkoku
1952-10-16
The New Road: Akemi
1936-11-30
The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow ari
Tora-san's Runaway
1970-08-26
After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to
Come Marry Me
1966-11-20
Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sis
Gazing at Love and Death
1964-09-19
A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy
The Greatest Man in the World
1986-10-25
Remake of classic samurai film of 1932
A Hen in the Wind
1948-09-17
Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son b
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988-01-15
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a
Hearts A-Flutter
1957-12-15
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990-12-31
A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video desig
Izu no musumetachi
1945-08-30
The Four Loves
1965-12-29
A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they
Dreams of Youth
1928-04-29
Lost silent film
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975-08-19
Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing ca
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973-12-25
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encount
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979-12-28
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan sto
Double Wedding
1963-07-13
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949-06-04
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939-04-01
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. T
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983-03-24
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960-04-29
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971-01-15
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown a
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972-12-29
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying h
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971-04-28
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
Tora-san Goes North
1987-08-15
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989-08-05
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vie
Goodbye to the Front
1937-08-24
A 1937 Japanese film.
Spring Thunder
1939-04-13
Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at sin
Machi no Hi
1974-04-27
Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approa
Blue Eyed Bride
1964-03-29
Warm Current
1966-04-29
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953-05-06
Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943-03-11
A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hi
Haru no Wakakusa
1954-01-27
Beauty of Life
1951-12-07
Inochi uruwashi
Forgotten Children
1949-10-04
New Woman Question and Answer
1939-06-01
Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a l
Living Image
1948-10-12
A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.
Love
1933-11-09
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a fath
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949-03-21
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961-08-13
The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his sur
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959-10-06
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974-06-22
An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, du
Kyukei no Koya
1975-06-07
A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shi
The White Road Across the River
1959-08-19
I'm a Bodyguard
1964-05-16
Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Securi
最後の攘夷党
1945-12-20
1945 Japanese movie
Oyuki
1966-12-04
A movie-loving nanny lives and works in the home of a university professor and eventually becomes th
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961-05-31
1961 Theater of Life adaptation.
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953-02-19
Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
Subarashiki shōtai
1955-10-11
1955 Japanese movie
Monrō no yōna onna
1964-01-01
1964 Japanese movie
Bandits on the Wind
1961-11-22
1961 Japanese movie
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966-10-01
A sequel to Ohana han.
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943-04-01
Japanese war movie.
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984-01-07
The Path Under the Platanes
1959-01-09
Romantic drama about three beautiful sisters, based on the acclaimed play.
自由な女神たち
1987-02-07
The College Hero
1958-09-30
Romantic melodrama about the loves and adventures of Kageyama (Takarada) and his fellow oarsmen at M
Sakiko-san chotto
1963-01-13
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997-11-22
Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying a
And Then
1985-11-09
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 y
I Was Born, But...
1932-06-03
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood.
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986-08-02
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio the
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934-11-23
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegi