Chishū Ryū
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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- Born:
- May 13, 1904 In Kumamoto, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 219
- First Appeared:
- Movie Talking with Ozu 1993-11-27
- Latest Project:
- In the movie Dreams of Youth 1928-04-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Talking with Ozu | Himself (archival footage) | 1993-11-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Makes Excuses | Unknown | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | Luminous Moss | Judge | 1992-04-25 |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Mr. Mori | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | Tora-san Confesses | 1991-12-23 | |
| Movie | Wim Wenders in Tokyo | Unknown | 1990-12-31 |
| Movie | Tora-san Takes a Vacation | 1990-12-22 | |
| Movie | Dreams | Old Man | 1990-05-11 |
| Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | the High Priest | 1989-08-05 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
| Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Unknown | 1988-01-15 |
| Movie | Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio | Interviewee | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Crybaby Chacha | 1987-02-21 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Daddy | Gozen-sama | 1987-12-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes North | the High Priest | 1987-08-15 |
| Series | An Early Autumn | 1987-11-28 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | Gozen-sama | 1986-12-20 |
| Movie | The Greatest Man in the World | Hermit | 1986-10-25 |
| Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | Unknown | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | Gozen-sama | 1985-12-28 |
| Movie | And Then | Unknown | 1985-11-09 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | Gozen-sama | 1985-08-03 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk (uncredited) | 1985-05-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Himself | 1985-04-24 |
| Movie | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | Unknown | 1984-08-04 |
| Movie | The Funeral | The priest | 1984-11-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | Unknown | 1984-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | Priest | 1983-12-28 |
| Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | Unknown | 1983-11-15 |
| Movie | I Lived, But... | Himself | 1983-10-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | Gozen-sama | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Expert | Gozen-sama | 1982-12-28 |
| Movie | When We are Old | 1982-11-03 | |
| Movie | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
| Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1982-08-07 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Promise | Gozen-sama | 1981-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love in Osaka | Gozen-sama | 1981-08-08 |
| Series | A-Un | 1980-03-09 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Priest | 1980-08-02 |
| Movie | Foster Daddy, Tora! | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 | |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | Talk of the Town Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-12-27 |
| Movie | Monument to Holy Service | 1978-09-23 | |
| Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
| Series | Haguregumo | 1978-04-02 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Cupid | Priest | 1977-12-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Gozensama | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Oretachi no toki | Unknown | 1976-11-06 |
| Series | Hi no kuni ni | 造園主・吉野公平 | 1976-10-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Priest | 1976-07-23 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again | 1975-08-19 | |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Gozen-sama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | Machi no Hi | Takushoku | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san Loves an Artist | 1973-12-25 | |
| Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
| Movie | Flower and Dragon | Unknown | 1973-03-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forget Me Not | Gozen-sama | 1973-01-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | the High Priest | 1972-12-29 |
| Movie | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | Gozen-sama | 1972-08-05 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Shattered Romance | the High Priest | 1971-01-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love Call | Gozen-sama | 1971-12-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | the High Priest | 1971-04-28 |
| Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | Unknown | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
| Movie | Fight for the Glory | Unknown | 1969-12-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
| Movie | It's Tough Being a Man | Gozen-sama | 1969-08-27 |
| Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | General Maresuke Nogi | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
| Movie | Scrap Collectors | 1968-11-28 | |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-12 |
| Movie | The Black Sheep | Unknown | 1967-01-03 |
| Movie | Traveling in Party | Unknown | 1967-11-12 |
| Movie | Come Marry Me | Unknown | 1966-11-20 |
| Movie | Warm Current | Yasuhide Shima | 1966-04-29 |
| Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
| Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | The Soundless Cry | Tateno | 1965-01-30 |
| Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | Unknown | 1965-01-03 |
| Movie | Gazing at Love and Death | Unknown | 1964-09-19 |
| Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | Aoimoku no yome-han | Maruhashi Gotaro | 1964-03-29 |
| Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
| Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | Unknown | 1963-02-09 |
| Movie | Tange Sazen | Unknown | 1963-11-17 |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
| Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | Unknown | 1963-08-27 |
| Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
| Movie | Zoku aizen katsura | 1962-10-24 | |
| Movie | Four Sisters | Unknown | 1962-07-01 |
| Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sôkei Nambô | 1962-06-03 |
| Movie | Flower in a Storm | 1962-04-01 | |
| Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | Unknown | 1962-02-04 |
| Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
| Movie | A Good Man, A Good Day | 1961-08-13 | |
| Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
| Movie | The Youth and His Amulet | Unknown | 1961-09-17 |
| Movie | The Last War | Unknown | 1961-10-08 |
| Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
| Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
| Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
| Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
| Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-15 |
| Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
| Movie | Storm on the Silvery Peaks | Monk | 1960-04-29 |
| Movie | Only She Knows | Unknown | 1960-04-01 |
| Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
| Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
| Movie | The Snow Flurry | Unknown | 1959-01-03 |
| Movie | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Unknown | 1959-04-12 |
| Movie | Good Morning | Keitarô Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
| Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | Love in the Mountains | 1959-10-23 | |
| Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
| Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Naoji Kageyama | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | Equinox Flower | Shukichi Mikami | 1958-09-07 |
| Movie | The Rickshaw Man | Shigezo Yuki | 1958-04-21 |
| Movie | White Blaze | 1958-03-04 | |
| Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
| Movie | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
| Movie | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
| Movie | Eyes of Children | Unknown | 1956-01-15 |
| Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
| Movie | The Storm | Unknown | 1956-10-24 |
| Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | The Refugee | Unknown | 1955-05-03 |
| Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
| Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
| Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
| Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | Unknown | 1954-04-27 |
| Movie | Haru no Wakakusa | 1954-01-27 | |
| Movie | 慶安水滸傳 | 神尾備前守 | 1954-01-21 |
| Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
| Movie | Sisters | 1953-04-29 | |
| Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | 1953-05-06 | |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | Unknown | 1953-12-01 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart | Unknown | 1953-09-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukishi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
| Movie | Love Letter | Unknown | 1953-12-13 |
| Movie | Dôkoku | Unknown | 1952-10-16 |
| Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | 彼を殺すな | 1952-09-11 | |
| Movie | Youth of the Son | Unknown | 1952-06-25 |
| Movie | The Waves | Unknown | 1952-04-03 |
| Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
| Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
| Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
| Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | Beauty of Life | 1951-12-07 | |
| Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
| Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
| Movie | Ishimatsu of the Forest | 1949-06-04 | |
| Movie | Kekkon Sanjûshi | 1949-03-21 | |
| Movie | Living Image | 1948-10-12 | |
| Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
| Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
| Movie | A Visage to Remember | Unknown | 1948-04-04 |
| Movie | Children Hand in Hand | Mr. Matsumura | 1948-03-30 |
| Movie | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Tashiro | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant | Unknown | 1947-04-01 |
| Movie | Iki na fûraibô | Chôgorô Yamamoto | 1946-02-28 |
| Movie | Izu no musumetachi | Unknown | 1945-08-30 |
| Movie | Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 | |
| Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | Unknown | 1944-07-20 |
| Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
| Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa, le père | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Osamura | 1941-08-26 |
| Movie | Flower | 1941-07-15 | |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Friend | 1941-03-01 |
| Movie | Introspection Tower | Unknown | 1941-01-30 |
| Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | Unknown | 1940-04-17 |
| Movie | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
| Movie | A Brother and His Younger Sister | Seizaburō Utsumi | 1939-04-01 |
| Movie | A Star Athlete | Tani | 1937-05-01 |
| Movie | Moon Over the Ruins | Conductor | 1937-01-05 |
| Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Nenkai Hotta | 1937-01-14 |
| Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Unknown | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
| Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
| Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
| Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
| Movie | The New Road: Akemi | Unknown | 1936-11-30 |
| Movie | The Only Son | Professor Ookubo | 1936-09-15 |
| Movie | College is a Nice Place | Amano | 1936-03-19 |
| Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Police man | 1935-11-21 |
| Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Shouting audience member | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | Street Without End | Yukihiko Chiba | 1934-04-26 |
| Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
| Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on boat | 1933-09-07 |
| Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
| Movie | Love | 1933-11-09 | |
| Movie | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Shimazaki | 1932-10-13 |
| Movie | The Lady and the Beard | (uncredited) | 1931-02-07 |
| Movie | That Night's Wife | Policeman | 1930-07-06 |
| Movie | I Flunked, But... | Class mate | 1930-04-11 |
| Movie | Days of Youth | student | 1929-04-13 |
| Movie | Physical Beauty | Unknown | 1928-12-01 |
| Movie | Couple on the Move | Unknown | 1928-09-28 |
| Movie | Pumpkin | Unknown | 1928-08-31 |
| Movie | Wife Lost | Unknown | 1928-06-15 |
| Movie | Dreams of Youth | 1928-04-29 |