Chishū Ryū
30 titles
Filmography
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Woman of Tokyo
(1933)Chikako (Yoshiko Okada) works hard to pay her brothers Ryoichi’s (Ureo Egawa) college fees, but disaster looms when he learns the true nature of her work.

The Rickshaw Man
(1958)Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents, Kotaro and Yoshioko, to transport the boy to and from doctor appointments. Matsu comes to love the boy and his parents. When Toshio's father dies, Matsu becomes a surrogate father, helping to raise the boy and secretly falling in love with Toshio's mother Yoshioko. But Matsu knows there is a great gulf between their classes and there seems no hope that Matsu can ever be more than the rickshaw man to the mother and son.
The Good Fairy
(1951)The Only Son
(1936)That Night's Wife
(1930)
Dragnet Girl
(1933)A typist tries to reform her petty crook boyfriend, but he's got to pull one last job.
Twenty-Four Eyes
(1954)
Floating Weeds
(1959)When her lover visits the mother of his child, a jealous actress plots revenge.

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
(1932)Ozu’s long-term collaborator Kogo Noda scripts a subtle shift from light to dark as Hirano’s carefree college life is marred by tragedy.