Chishū Ryū Movies

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested...

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

Biographical film about bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi.

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all...

In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san...

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again....

University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reassess their lives and educations and get...

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated,...

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up...

1961 Japanese movie

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