Chishū Ryū
May 13, 1904 · 122 years old
Chishu Ryu (May 13, 1904 in Kumamoto, Japan – March 16, 1993 in Yokohama, Japan) was a famous Japanese film actor, a favourite of the director Yasujiro Ozu. From 1928 to 1992 he appeared in at least 155 films, including Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953) and Yoshitaro Nomura's Castle of Sand (1974). From 1969…
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20 titles
Tokyo Story
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Dreams
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
Red Beard
In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
Late Spring
Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
Good Morning
Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.
Until the End of the World
Claire and Eugene's relationship is falling apart, while a nuclear satellite threatens to fall out of orbit and destroy Earth. Claire travels the world when she meets Sam, a man with connections to technology that could change eve...
An Autumn Afternoon
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
Early Summer
A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Floating Weeds
The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
Late Autumn
A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
Tokyo Twilight
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.
Equinox Flower
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
The Only Son
A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son.
Early Spring
A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.
Tokyo-Ga
Moved by the work of director Yasujirô Ozu, Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in Ozu's films.
There Was a Father
A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.
Twenty-Four Eyes
Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.
A Hen in the Wind
A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.