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Chishū Ryū

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 until his death, Ryu became familiar to a new generation as the curmudgeonly but benevolent Buddhist priest in Yoji Yamada's Tora-san movie series (a role he parodied to great effect in a cameo in Juzo Itami's 1984 comedy, The Funeral). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Known ForActing
  • Born13 May 1904 (age 121)
  • Place of BirthTachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Chishū Ryū

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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 until his death, Ryu became familiar to a new generation as the curmudgeonly but benevolent Buddhist priest in Yoji Yamada's Tora-san movie series (a role he parodied to great effect in a cameo in Juzo Itami's 1984 comedy, The Funeral). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Known ForActing
  • Born13 May 1904 (age 121)
  • Place of BirthTachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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Talking with Ozu
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6.5
1993
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Luminous Moss
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5.5
1992
Poster
Tora-san Makes Excuses
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8.0
1992
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Tora-san Confesses
star
8.0
1991
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Until the End of the World
star
6.77
1991
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Tora-san Takes a Vacation
star
8.0
1990
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Dreams
star
7.703
1990
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Wim Wenders in Tokyo
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1990
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Tora-san, My Uncle
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8.7
1989
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Until Spring Comes
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1989
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Tora-san Goes to Vienna
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8.0
1989
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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
star
8.5
1988
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Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
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7.0
1988
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A Taxing Woman's Return
star
6.385
1988
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Crybaby Chacha
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1987
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Tora-san Plays Daddy
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9.0
1987
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Tora-san Goes North
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8.7
1987
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Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
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7.5
1986
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Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
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6.1
1986
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The Greatest Man in the World
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1986
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Tokyo-Ga
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7.0
1985
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When Winter Comes
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1985
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
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6.5
1985
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Tora-san's Island Encounter
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8.0
1985
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And Then
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7.0
1985
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The Funeral
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7.2
1984
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Tora-san's Forbidden Love
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8.0
1984
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Marriage Counselor Tora-san
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8.0
1984
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Tora-san Goes Religious?
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8.0
1983
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Tora-san's Song of Love
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8.0
1983
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I Lived, But...
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6.5
1983
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Lanterns on Blue Waters
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5.2
1983
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Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
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1983
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The Longest Tunnel
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1982
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When We are Old
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1982
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
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8.0
1982
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Tora-san, the Expert
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8.5
1982
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Tora-san's Love in Osaka
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8.5
1981
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Tora-san's Promise
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8.0
1981
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Foster Daddy, Tora!
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7.5
1980
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Tora-san's Tropical Fever
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8.0
1980
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
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8.5
1979
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
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8.0
1979
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
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8.0
1978
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
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9.0
1978
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Monument to Holy Service
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1978
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
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8.5
1977
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
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7.7
1977
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
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9.0
1976
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Tora-san's Pure Love
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8.5
1976
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Oretachi no toki
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1976
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
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7.7
1975
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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
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8.0
1975
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Kyukei no Koya
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1975
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Tora-san's Lovesick
star
7.3
1974
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Tora-san's Lullaby
star
7.5
1974
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The Castle of Sand
star
7.4
1974
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Machi no Hi
star
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1974
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Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
star
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1974
Poster
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
star
8.0
1973
Poster
Miyamoto Musashi
star
7.1
1973
Poster
Flower and Dragon
star
10.0
1973
Poster
Tora-san Loves an Artist
star
8.0
1973
Poster
Home from the Sea
star
7.2
1972
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Tora-san's Dear Old Home
star
7.5
1972
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
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7.6
1972
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Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
star
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1971
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Tora-san's Love Call
star
8.0
1971
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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
star
7.8
1971
Poster
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
star
7.2
1971
Poster
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
star
7.4
1970
Poster
Where Spring Comes Late
star
7.6
1970
Poster
The Last Kamikaze
star
6.0
1970
Poster
High-School Outcasts
star
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1970
Poster
Tora-san, His Tender Love
star
7.0
1970
Poster
Tora-san's Runaway
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7.8
1970
Poster
Battle of the Japan Sea
star
6.0
1969
Poster
It's Tough Being a Man
star
8.1
1969
Poster
Fight for the Glory
star
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1969
Poster
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
star
6.8
1969
Poster
The Human Bullet
star
6.1
1968
Poster
Scrap Collectors
star
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1968
Poster
Japan's Longest Day
star
7.1
1967
Poster
Traveling in Party
star
6.0
1967
Poster
The Black Sheep
star
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1967
Poster
Come Marry Me
star
6.0
1966
Poster
Warm Current
star
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1966
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Oyuki
star
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1966
Poster
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
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1966
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Red Beard
star
8.1
1965
Poster
The Soundless Cry
star
8.0
1965
Poster
The Radish and the Carrot
star
10.0
1965
Poster
The Four Loves
star
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1965
Poster
Dislikes
star
-
1964
Poster
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
star
5.3
1964
Poster
Gazing at Love and Death
star
7.0
1964
Poster
Aoimoku no yome-han
star
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1964
Poster
I'm a Bodyguard
star
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1964
Poster
Monrō no yōna onna
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1964
Poster
Futari dake no toride
star
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1963
Poster
Rush to Our Sweetheart
star
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1963
Poster
Tange Sazen
star
-
1963
Poster
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
star
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1963
Poster
Double Wedding
star
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1963
Poster
Dolls floating down the river
star
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1962
Poster
Zoku aizen katsura
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1962
Poster
Flower in a Storm
star
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1962
Poster
An Autumn Afternoon
star
7.85
1962
Poster
Yoru no keisha
star
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1962
Poster
Love Under the Crucifix
star
6.889
1962
Poster
Drunkard's Paradise
star
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1962
Poster
The Wiser Age
star
7.3
1962
Poster
Four Sisters
star
6.0
1962
Poster
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
star
8.409
1961
Poster
The End of Summer
star
7.515
1961
Poster
The Last War
star
6.2
1961
Poster
Door of Flowers
star
-
1961
Poster
The Youth and His Amulet
star
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1961
Poster
A Good Man, A Good Day
star
-
1961
Poster
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
star
-
1961
Poster
Bandits on the Wind
star
-
1961
Poster
Late Autumn
star
7.761
1960
Poster
The Bad Sleep Well
star
7.693
1960
Poster
Master Fencer Sees the World
star
-
1960
Poster
Spring Dreams
star
5.8
1960
Poster
The Wandering Princess
star
6.7
1960
Poster
Satan's Sword
star
6.625
1960
Poster
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
star
-
1960
Poster
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
star
7.1
1960
Poster
Internees of Kampili
star
-
1960
Poster
Only She Knows
star
-
1960
Poster
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
star
-
1960
Poster
Love in the Mountains
star
-
1959
Poster
Good Morning
star
7.721
1959
Poster
Floating Weeds
star
7.476
1959
Poster
Bridge
star
-
1959
Poster
The Snow Flurry
star
6.6
1959
Poster
Farewell to Spring
star
6.2
1959
Poster
I Want to Be a Shellfish
star
10.0
1959
Poster
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
star
-
1959
Poster
The White Road Across the River
star
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1959
Poster
Equinox Flower
star
7.439
1958
Poster
The Rickshaw Man
star
7.2
1958
Poster
White Blaze
star
-
1958
Poster
The Eternal Rainbow
star
6.3
1958
Poster
Tokyo Twilight
star
7.711
1957
Poster
Flying in the Air
star
-
1957
Poster
The Crowded Train
star
6.8
1957
Poster
The Face
star
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1957
Poster
Hearts A-Flutter
star
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1957
Poster
Early Spring
star
7.523
1956
Poster
The Storm
star
9.0
1956
Poster
Eyes of Children
star
7.0
1956
Poster
Striving to Live
star
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1955
Poster
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
star
7.0
1955
Poster
The Moon Has Risen
star
6.8
1955
Poster
All is Well
star
-
1955
Poster
All is Well 2
star
-
1955
Poster
Life's Simple Pleasures
star
-
1955
Poster
The First Kiss
star
6.3
1955
Poster
Stray Sheep
star
-
1955
Poster
The Refugee
star
-
1955
Poster
Subarashiki shōtai
star
-
1955
Poster
Twenty-Four Eyes
star
7.7
1954
Poster
慶安水滸傳
star
-
1954
Poster
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
star
-
1954
Poster
Always in My Heart Part 3
star
7.0
1954
Poster
Haru no Wakakusa
star
-
1954
Poster
Mole Alley
star
-
1953
Poster
Tokyo Story
star
8.2
1953
Poster
Sisters
star
-
1953
Poster
Always in My Heart Part 2
star
6.5
1953
Poster
Always in My Heart
star
6.8
1953
Poster
Love Letter
star
6.804
1953
Poster
Aiyoku no sabaki
star
-
1953
Poster
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
star
-
1953
Poster
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
star
-
1952
Poster
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
star
7.558
1952
Poster
Youth of the Son
star
6.4
1952
Poster
Kare o korosu na
star
-
1952
Poster
Kyōshū
star
-
1952
Poster
The Waves
star
5.0
1952
Poster
Dôkoku
star
-
1952
Poster
Early Summer
star
7.854
1951
Poster
Carmen Comes Home
star
6.2
1951
Poster
Boyhood
star
6.7
1951
Poster
Home Sweet Home
star
6.8
1951
Poster
Freedom School
star
-
1951
Poster
Fireworks Over the Sea
star
5.0
1951
Poster
The Good Fairy
star
5.5
1951
Poster
Beauty of Life
star
-
1951
Poster
The Munekata Sisters
star
7.0
1950
Poster
Late Spring
star
8.01
1949
Poster
Ishimatsu of the Forest
star
-
1949
Poster
Forgotten Children
star
-
1949
Poster
Kekkon Sanjûshi
star
-
1949
Poster
The Fourth Lady
star
-
1948
Poster
A Visage to Remember
star
6.3
1948
Poster
Great X
star
-
1948
Poster
Children Hand in Hand
star
-
1948
Poster
A Hen in the Wind
star
7.14
1948
Poster
Living Image
star
-
1948
Poster
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
star
7.204
1947
Poster
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
star
7.0
1947
Poster
Iki na fûraibô
star
-
1946
Poster
The Woman Who Holds the Key
star
-
1946
Poster
Gekimetsu no uta
star
-
1945
Poster
Otome no iru kichi
star
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1945
Poster
Sennichimae fukin
star
-
1945
Poster
Izu no musumetachi
star
-
1945
Poster
最後の攘夷党
star
-
1945
Poster
Army
star
6.857
1944
Poster
Sailor
star
-
1944
Poster
The Man Who Has Returned
star
-
1944
Poster
Kaisen no Zenya
star
-
1943
Poster
Navy
star
-
1943
Poster
Port of Flowers
star
7.2
1943
Poster
Our Planes Fly South
star
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1943
Poster
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
star
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1943
Poster
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
star
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1943
Poster
There Was a Father
star
6.953
1942
Poster
South Wind
star
-
1942
Poster
South Wind 2
star
-
1942
Poster
Let's Go in Good Spirits
star
-
1941
Poster
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
star
6.9
1941
Poster
Ornamental Hairpin
star
6.5
1941
Poster
Flower
star
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1941
Poster
Introspection Tower
star
6.7
1941
Poster
Utsukushiki Rinjin
star
-
1940
Poster
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
star
-
1940
Poster
Mother is Strong
star
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1939
Poster
Southern Wind
star
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1939
Poster
A Brother and His Younger Sister
star
5.6
1939
Poster
Spring Thunder
star
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1939
Poster
New Woman Question and Answer
star
6.0
1939
Poster
Queen of the Wind
star
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1938
Poster
Children in the Wind
star
7.6
1937
Poster
A Star Athlete
star
6.0
1937
Poster
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
star
6.0
1937
Poster
The Lights of Asakusa
star
5.6
1937
Poster
The Golden Demon
star
6.0
1937
Poster
Song of the Flower Basket
star
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1937
Poster
Moon Over the Ruins
star
5.0
1937
Poster
Goodbye to the Front
star
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1937
Poster
The Only Son
star
7.384
1936
Poster
Boy Aviation Pilots
star
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1936
Poster
Housewife Camellia
star
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1936
Poster
College Is a Nice Place
star
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1936
Poster
The New Road: Akemi
star
7.0
1936
Poster
An Inn in Tokyo
star
6.9
1935
Poster
Street Without End
star
6.6
1934
Poster
A Mother Should Be Loved
star
6.071
1934
Poster
A Story of Floating Weeds
star
7.123
1934
Poster
Woman of Tokyo
star
6.8
1933
Poster
Passing Fancy
star
6.6
1933
Poster
Dragnet Girl
star
6.739
1933
Poster
Love
star
-
1933
Poster
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
star
6.5
1932
Poster
The Lady and the Beard
star
5.9
1931
Poster
That Night's Wife
star
6.521
1930
Poster
I Flunked, But...
star
6.1
1930
Poster
Days of Youth
star
5.7
1929
Poster
Physical Beauty
star
-
1928
Poster
Couple on the Move
star
-
1928
Poster
Pumpkin
star
-
1928
Poster
Wife Lost
star
-
1928
Poster
Dreams of Youth
star
-
1928