List of the best Chishu Ryu movies: Tokyo Story(1953), Equinox Flower(1958), Early Summer(1951), Late Spring(1949), An Autumn Afternoon(1962), Tokyo Twilight(1957), Farewell to Spring(1959), Akira Kurosawa's Dreams(1990), Late Autumn(1960), Floating Weeds(1959) ... ...
Drama
1953
134 Minutes
Shukishi Hirayama
Chishu Ryu Chieko Higashiyama Setsuko Hara Haruko Sugimura Sô Yamamura Kuniko Miyake Kyoko Kagawa Eijiro Tono Nobuo Nakamura Shiro Osaka Hisao Toake
father mother doctor hairdresser daughter-in-law soldier brooding sad somber tokyo osaka, japan train family home family aging death quest transformation 1950s
An elderly Japanese couple (Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama) visit their busy children but are not treated with respect.
Comedy, Drama
Japan
1958
120 Minutes
Shukichi Mikami
Shin Saburi Chishu Ryu Teiji Takahashi Kinuyo Tanaka Fumio Watanabe Ineko Arima Chieko Naniwa Miyuki Kuwano Nobuo Nakamura
father mother daughter sister friend fiancé endearing touching witty calm japan wedding household factory arranged marriage family traditions independence social customs generation gap women's rights
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
Drama
1951
124 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Kuniko Miyake Chikage Awashima Chieko Higashiyama Kuniko Igawa Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
career woman daughter brother mother father businessman emotional moving tokyo family home office city japan marriage tradition independence family working woman love triangle love
Drama
1949
107 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Haruko Sugimura Jun Usami
widower professor daughter aunt fiancée endearing touching family home japan theater family marriage social standing conformity sacrifice love 1940s
A widowed professor (Chishû Ryû) fakes an impending marriage to spur his adult daughter (Setsuko Hara) to get on with her life.
Drama
Japan
1962
115 Minutes
Shuhei Hirayama
Shima Iwashita Shinichiro Mikami Keiji Sada Chishu Ryu
widower son daughter teen boy suitor fiancé amusing touching solemn tokyo household wedding japan family arranged marriage fatherhood aging father/son relationship responsibility transformation
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
Drama
1957
140 Minutes
Shukichi Sugiyama
Ineko Arima Kamatari Fujiwara Setsuko Hara Nobuo Nakamura Chishu Ryu Kinzô Shin Haruko Sugimura Teiji Takahashi Masami Taura Isuzu Yamada Sô Yamamura
Drama
Japan
1959
102 Minutes
Kôzô's father
Masahiko Tsugawa Kazuya Kosaka Akira Ishihama Ineko Arima Keiji Sada Chishu Ryu
Longtime friends reunite only to find out that their bonds are not as strong as they thought they were.
Drama
1990
119 Minutes
Old Man
Akira Kurosawa Akira Terao Mitsunori Isaki Martin Scorsese Mitsuko Baishô Mieko Harada Chishu Ryu Hisashi Igawa Toshihiko Nakano Yoshitaka Zushi Toshie Negishi
young boy art student vincent van gogh soldier young man elderly man profound creative moving japan mountain forest countryside tunnel field childhood environmentalism nature war art
Filmmaker Kurosawa follows the life of "I" from boy (Mitsunori Isaki) to man (Akira Terao) in eight episodes of themes like war, nature and nuclear horror.
Drama
Japan
1960
128 Minutes
Shukichi Miwa
Setsuko Hara Yoko Tsukasa Mariko Okada Keiji Sada Miyuki Kuwano Shinichiro Mikami Shin Saburi Chishu Ryu Nobuo Nakamura Kuniko Miyake Sadako Sawamura
A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
Drama
1959
115 Minutes
Ganjirô Nakamura Haruko Sugimura Hiroshi Kawaguchi Machiko Ky? Ayako Wakao Kôji Mitsui Mutsuko Sakura Mantaro Ushio Haruo Tanaka Hitomi Nozoe Chishu Ryu
The leader (Ganjirô Nakamura) of a traveling acting troupe meets his former mistress (Haruko Sugimura) and their illegitimate son (Hiroshi Kawaguchi).