1933-1985 · drama · comedy · family · silent

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū appears across 26 OurMovieNights catalogue films, with a profile that leans slow-burn, auteur-led, drama, comedy.

slow-burnauteur-leddramacomedyfamily
26
Films
10
Repeat cast
2
Directors
0
Radar
Tokyo Story (1953) poster
Rickshaw Man (1958) poster
Late Spring (1949) poster
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) poster
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) poster
There Was a Father (1942) poster
Known for
Tokyo Story (1953) poster
Tokyo Story
1953 · #1 cast
Rickshaw Man (1958) poster
Rickshaw Man
1958 · #5 cast
Late Spring (1949) poster
Late Spring
1949 · #1 cast
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) poster
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · #5 cast
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) poster
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · #1 cast
There Was a Father (1942) poster
There Was a Father
1942 · #1 cast
Early Summer (1951) (1951) poster
Early Summer (1951)
1951 · #2 cast
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) poster
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947 · #4 cast
An Inn in Tokyo (1935) poster
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 · #4 cast
Japan’s Longest Day (1967) poster
Japan’s Longest Day
1967 · #3 cast
Actor DNA
Mood · heavycosy
Pacing · slowkinetic
Intensity · gentleextreme
Weirdness · conventionalsurreal
Hope · nihilisticredemptive
Density · sparsetwisty
Warmth · coldtender
Auteur · transparentsignature
Dominant tags
drama 22comedy 4family 3silent 2war 2wartime 2debut 1documentary 1
Director threads
Yasujirō Ozu16 films
Tokyo Story · Late Spring · An Autumn Afternoon · Early Summer (1951)
Keisuke Kinoshita5 films
Army · Carmen Comes Home · She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Filmography in this catalogue
Tokyo-Ga (1985) poster
Tokyo-Ga
documentary · essay · ozu
1985
#1
Japan’s Longest Day (1967) poster
Japan’s Longest Day
drama · war · history
1967
#3
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) poster
An Autumn Afternoon
drama
1962
#1
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) poster
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
drama · war · epic
1961
#5
Good Morning (1959) (1959) poster
Good Morning (1959)
comedy · family
1959
#3
Floating Weeds (1959) (1959) poster
Floating Weeds (1959)
drama
1959
#7
Ohayo (Good Morning) (1959) poster
Ohayo (Good Morning)
comedy · drama
1959
#3
Rickshaw Man (1958) poster
Rickshaw Man
drama
1958
#5
Equinox Flower (1958) (1958) poster
Equinox Flower (1958)
drama
1958
#8
Tokyo Twilight (1957) (1957) poster
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
drama
1957
#3
Early Spring (1956) poster
Early Spring
drama
1956
#5
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955) poster
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
drama · romance
1955
#3
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) (1954) poster
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
drama
1954
#7
Tokyo Story (1953) poster
Tokyo Story
drama
1953
#1
Early Summer (1951) (1951) poster
Early Summer (1951)
drama
1951
#2
Carmen Comes Home (1951) poster
Carmen Comes Home
comedy · japanese
1951
#3
The Munekata Sisters (1950) poster
The Munekata Sisters
drama · family · sisters
1950
#5
Late Spring (1949) poster
Late Spring
drama
1949
#1
A Hen in the Wind (1948) poster
A Hen in the Wind
drama
1948
#4
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) poster
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
drama
1947
#4
Army (1944) poster
Army
drama · wartime · mother
1944
#1
Port of Flowers (1943) poster
Port of Flowers
comedy · debut · wartime
1943
#4
There Was a Father (1942) poster
There Was a Father
drama · family
1942
#1
Ornamental Hairpin (1941) poster
Ornamental Hairpin
drama
1941
#4
An Inn in Tokyo (1935) poster
An Inn in Tokyo
drama · silent
1935
#4
Woman of Tokyo (1933) poster
Woman of Tokyo
silent · drama · melodrama
1933
#5