Movies: Chishū Ryū

  • 1953
    Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story (1953)

    Tokyo Story

    8.21953HD

    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with th...

    Tokyo Story
  • 1959
    Good Morning

    Good Morning (1959)

    Good Morning

    7.71959HD

    A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu ...

    Good Morning
  • 1962
    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

    An Autumn Afternoon

    7.81962HD

    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her....

    An Autumn Afternoon
  • 1965
    Red Beard

    Red Beard (1965)

    Red Beard

    8.11965HD

    Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Re...

    Red Beard
  • 1949
    Late Spring

    Late Spring (1949)

    Late Spring

    8.01949HD

    Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the re...

    Late Spring
  • 1990
    Dreams

    Dreams (1990)

    Dreams

    7.71990HD

    A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa....

    Dreams
  • 1957
    Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight (1957)

    Tokyo Twilight

    7.71957HD

    Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child....

    Tokyo Twilight
  • 1948
    A Hen in the Wind

    A Hen in the Wind (1948)

    A Hen in the Wind

    7.11948HD

    Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from ...

    A Hen in the Wind
  • 1959
    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds (1959)

    Floating Weeds

    7.51959HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences....

    Floating Weeds
  • 1941
    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    6.91941HD

    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 move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate....

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
  • 1947
    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    7.21947HD

    An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board....

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman
  • 1956
    Early Spring

    Early Spring (1956)

    Early Spring

    7.51956HD

    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair....

    Early Spring
  • 1951
    Early Summer

    Early Summer (1951)

    Early Summer

    7.81951HD

    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry....

    Early Summer
  • 1942
    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father (1942)

    There Was a Father

    6.91942HD

    Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects....

    There Was a Father
  • 1960
    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.61960HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their...

    The Bad Sleep Well
  • 1958
    Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower (1958)

    Equinox Flower

    7.41958HD

    Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female rel...

    Equinox Flower
  • 1936
    The Only Son

    The Only Son (1936)

    The Only Son

    7.31936HD

    A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son....

    The Only Son
  • 1934
    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

    A Story of Floating Weeds

    7.11934HD

    An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all....

    A Story of Floating Weeds
  • 1933
    Passing Fancy

    Passing Fancy (1933)

    Passing Fancy

    6.61933HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in....

    Passing Fancy
  • 1960
    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn (1960)

    Late Autumn

    7.71960HD

    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband....

    Late Autumn