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Chishu Ryu

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Late SpringLate Spring (1949) Aro Favourite
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu
Ozu’s greatest film outside of the universally acclaimed TOKYO STORY magically distils the director’s reoccurring family concerns: that of a…
Early SummerEarly Summer (Bakushû) (1951) Recommended
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chikage Awashima
Another of dir. Ozu's majestic domestic dramas, this time concerning the inner–family conflicts over the spinsterhood of a daughter (Hara) and…
Tokyo StoryTokyo Story (1953) Aro Favourite
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara
The master of Japanese cinema, this is Ozu's masterpiece. An emotional tour–de–force is drawn from an elderly couple's ill–fated…
Twenty-Four EyesTwenty-Four Eyes (24 Eyes/Nijushi no hitomi) (1954) Recommended
Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
Feat. Hideko Takamine, Chishu Ryu
An elegiac triumph of nostalgia for youth and wartime humanism, this cherished landmark of Japanese cinema gracefully chronicles the 20–years…
Good MorningGood Morning (Ohayo) (1959)
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Shimazu Masahiko, Koji Shidara, Chishu Ryu
Ozu’s most accessible and scathing film amuses with its deceptively light–hearted tale of two boys’ vow of silence after being refused a…
An Autumn AfternoonAn Autumn Afternoon (1962) Recommended
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Chishu Ryu, Shiwa Iwashita, Keiji Sada
Dir. Ozu's final work is one of his best – an appropriately autumnal evocation of age and dependency, set around a widower who sorrowfully…

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