Chishū Ryū Movies

When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But...

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

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

1961 Theater of Life adaptation.

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

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

1945 Japanese movie

After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an...

A 1948 Japanese film.

1962 Japanese movie

Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and...

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed...

Inochi uruwashi

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because...