Chishū Ryū

Born

May 13, 1904 (120 years old)

Known For

Drama

Drama, Fantasy

Drama

Drama

An Autumn Afternoon

Drama

Comedy, Drama, Family

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Drama

The Bad Sleep Well

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Until the End of the World

Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

Drama

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Drama, History, War

Drama

Drama

Drama

Drama

The End of Summer

Drama

Drama

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

Drama

Documentary

Twenty-Four Eyes

Drama

Drama, Romance

There Was a Father

Drama

A Story of Floating Weeds

Drama

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Comedy, Drama

The Castle of Sand

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Comedy, Drama

A Hen in the Wind

Drama

The Rickshaw Man

Comedy, Drama

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Drama

Japan's Longest Day

Drama, History, War

Drama

The Munekata Sisters

Drama

Comedy, Drama

An Inn in Tokyo

Drama

That Night's Wife

Crime, Drama

Carmen Comes Home

Comedy, Music

Drama, Romance

A Taxing Woman's Return

Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The Moon Has Risen

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

Comedy, Drama

Ornamental Hairpin

Comedy, Drama

Crime, Drama, Romance

It's Tough Being a Man

Comedy

Comedy, Romance

Drama

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

Drama, Romance

A Mother Should Be Loved

Drama

Where Spring Comes Late

Drama

The Human Bullet

Comedy, Drama, War

Drama, War

I Flunked, But...

Comedy

Port of Flowers

Comedy, Drama, War

Drama, Science Fiction

Children in the Wind

Drama

Miyamoto Musashi

Action, Drama

Drama, War

Street Without End

Drama

The Snow Flurry

Drama

Love Under the Crucifix

Drama, History, Romance

The Lady and the Beard

Comedy, Romance

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Drama

Farewell to Spring

Drama

I Lived, But...

Documentary

Youth of the Son

Comedy, Drama

Home from the Sea

Drama

The Wandering Princess

Drama, Romance, War

Action

Drama

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Drama

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

Comedy

Introspection Tower

Drama

Battle of the Japan Sea

Drama, History, War

Comedy

Drama

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

Comedy

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Comedy

Tora-san's Runaway

Comedy

Tora-san Loves an Artist

Comedy

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

Comedy

Tora-san's Love Call

Comedy

Fireworks Over the Sea

Drama

The Golden Demon

Drama, Romance

A Brother and His Younger Sister

Drama

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

Comedy

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Comedy

Drama

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Comedy

Tora-san's Lullaby

Comedy

The Lights of Asakusa

Drama

Home Sweet Home

Drama

Always in My Heart

Drama

Always in My Heart Part 2

Drama

Lanterns on Blue Waters

Drama

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Comedy

The Roads Men Travel

Drama

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Comedy

The Eternal Rainbow

Drama

Tora-san's Lovesick

Comedy

Tora-san, the Intellectual

Comedy

Tora-san Plays Cupid

Comedy

Tora-san, My Uncle

Comedy

Romance

Tora-san, the Go-Between

Comedy

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii

Comedy, Music

A Visage to Remember

Drama

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Comedy

Talking with Ozu

Documentary

Tora-san Goes North

Comedy, Drama

Tora-san Confesses

Comedy, Drama, Family

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Comedy

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Comedy

Tora-san's Pure Love

Comedy

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Comedy

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Comedy

Stage-Struck Tora-san

Comedy

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Comedy

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Comedy

The Crowded Train

Comedy, Drama

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

Comedy

Tora-san Plays Daddy

Comedy

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

Comedy

Tora-san's Island Encounter

Comedy

Tora-san's Song of Love

Comedy

Tora-san, the Expert

Comedy

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

Comedy

Tora-san's Promise

Comedy

Foster Daddy, Tora!

Comedy

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Comedy

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

Comedy

Moon Over the Ruins

Drama

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

Comedy, Drama, Family

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

Comedy

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

Comedy

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Comedy

Drama

The Soundless Cry

Drama

Comedy, Drama

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

Drama

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

Comedy

The Radish and the Carrot

Drama

Always in My Heart Part 3

Drama

The Last Kamikaze

Drama, War

Traveling in Party

Comedy

Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio

Documentary

Drama

Flower and Dragon

Action, Crime

I Want to Be a Shellfish

The New Road: Akemi

Drama

Comedy, Music, Romance

Gazing at Love and Death

Drama

New Woman Question and Answer

Drama

The Fourth Lady

The Longest Tunnel

Drama

Comedy, Drama

Striving to Live

Love in the Mountains

Drama

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Let's Go in Good Spirits

Drama

Kaisen no Zenya

Drama

Gekimetsu no uta

Drama, Music

Dolls floating down the river

Drama

Zoku aizen katsura

Futari dake no toride

Flower in a Storm

Drama

Otome no iru kichi

Iki na fûraibô

Drama

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho

Master Fencer Sees the World

Comedy, Drama

Utsukushiki Rinjin

Drama

Drama

Drama

Housewife Camellia

Boy Aviation Pilots

Queen of the Wind

Mother is Strong

Drama

Drama

慶安水滸傳

Drunkard's Paradise

Drama, War

Drama

Drama

彼を殺すな

Drama, Romance

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass

Romance

Scrap Collectors

Comedy

Door of Flowers

Drama

Comedy, Drama

The Man Who Has Returned

Drama

Flying in the Air

War

Our Planes Fly South

Drama, War

Monument to Holy Service

Drama, History

Comedy, Drama

Life's Simple Pleasures

Drama, Family

Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4

Drama, Family

When We are Old

Drama, Family, [undefined]

Sennichimae fukin

Until Spring Comes

Drama, Family, [undefined]

When Winter Comes

Drama, Family, [undefined]

Drama

The Woman Who Holds the Key

Drama

Drama, Romance

Rush to Our Sweetheart

Comedy

Internees of Kampili

Drama

Song of the Flower Basket

Drama

The Black Sheep

Drama, Romance

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Drama, War

Oretachi no toki

Drama

High-School Outcasts

Drama

Drama

Drama

Children Hand in Hand

Drama

Eyes of Children

Drama

Drama

Fight for the Glory

Drama

College Is a Nice Place

Comedy

Physical Beauty

Comedy

Couple on the Move

Drama

Comedy

Drama

The Youth and His Amulet

Comedy, Fantasy

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter

Drama, Romance

The Greatest Man in the World

Comedy

Hearts A-Flutter

Drama

Wim Wenders in Tokyo

Documentary

Izu no musumetachi

Drama

Drama, Romance

Dreams of Youth

Comedy

Comedy

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Crime, History

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

Drama, [undefined]

Storm on the Silvery Peaks

Goodbye to the Front

Comedy

Aoimoku no yome-han

Drama

Aiyoku no sabaki

Drama

Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home

Drama, Family

Haru no Wakakusa

Drama

Drama

Forgotten Children

Drama

Drama

Drama

Kekkon Sanjûshi

Drama

A Good Man, A Good Day

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black

Mystery, Thriller

Nagare no fu dai ichibu dōran dai ni bu yoake sakuhin jōhō

Drama

The White Road Across the River

I'm a Bodyguard

Drama

An Early Autumn

Drama, Family

Drama, Family

Drama, Family

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