Chishū Ryū Movies

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

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...

Remake of classic samurai film of 1932

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

During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and...

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

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...

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

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....

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

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.

The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace,...

Story of two close friends who long to become pilots in the air corps. Only one succeeds in entering the service, while the other finds a job in...

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...

Biographical film about bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi.

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...