Chishū Ryū Movies

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

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

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...

Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.

When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.

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...

Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

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 helps out a runaway bride.

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...

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...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

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...

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

Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

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...

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Lost silent film