Chishū Ryū Movies

In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

A masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yasushi Inoue.

1945 Japanese movie

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki...

1961 Japanese movie

Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The...

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

Japanese comedy film.

1962 Japanese movie

A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investigation reveals that he and his wife were at odds...

Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki, formed a bond with the theater's...

1955 Japanese movie

A 1937 Japanese film.