Chishū Ryū Movies

1945 Japanese movie

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

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...

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!...

Lost silent film

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...

1955 Japanese movie

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

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...

Inochi uruwashi

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

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

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

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...

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...