Chishû Ryû Movies

Tokyo Story

82/100

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city; but the children have little time for them.

Late Spring

83/100

Noriko is twenty-seven years old and still living with her widowed father. Everybody tries to talk her into marrying, but Noriko wants to stay at home caring for her father.

An Autumn Afternoon

82/100

An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.

Good Morning

79/100

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Early Summer

82/100

A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.

Tôkyô boshoku

83/100

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

There Was a Father

79/100

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Japan's Longest Day

78/100

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister ... See full summary »

That Night's Wife

70/100

A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. He begins to feel remorse though, which makes him question his decision.

Carmen Comes Home

67/100

A girl who had left her home village for life in Tokyo returns to her home years later, and evokes a scandal when the locals discover that she's a stripper.

Am I Trying

71/100

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. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting.

Army

66/100

A widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.

Battle of the Japan Sea

67/100

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 a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan.

Boyhood

70/100

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

Tsuki wa noborinu

75/100

The Youth and His Amulet

74/100

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 boy's rescue in times of difficulty.

Home from the Sea

73/100

On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat...

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

76/100

An old man, being rowed along a river, sees a field of daisies (or Wild Chrysanthemums, as they are described in the title...

Where Spring Comes Late

74/100

The Crowded Streetcar

73/100

Tamio Moroi graduates from a prestigious university and obtains a job at the Camel Brewery in a distant town...

Daigaku yoitoko

78/100

Radishes and Carrots

65/100

Home Sweet Home

68/100

The Crest of Man

64/100

Kao

76/100