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:
- 158
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Days of Youth 1929-04-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie Talking with Ozu 1993-11-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Talking with Ozu | Self (archival footage) | 1993-11-27 |
| Movie | Luminous Moss | Judge | 1992-04-25 |
| Movie | Tora-san Makes Excuses | 1992-12-26 | |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Mr. Mori | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | Tora-san Confesses | 1991-12-23 | |
| Movie | Dreams | Old Man | 1990-05-11 |
| Movie | Tora-san Takes a Vacation | 1990-12-22 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | the High Priest | 1989-08-05 |
| Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
| Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Former Priest | 1988-01-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes North | the High Priest | 1987-08-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Daddy | the High Priest | 1987-12-26 |
| Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | 1986-08-02 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | the High Priest | 1986-12-20 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985-04-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | the High Priest | 1985-08-03 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | the High Priest | 1985-12-28 |
| Movie | Tampopo | Ramen customer (uncredited) | 1985-11-23 |
| Movie | And Then | 1985-11-09 | |
| Movie | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | the High Priest | 1984-08-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | the High Priest | 1984-12-28 |
| Movie | The Funeral | The priest | 1984-11-17 |
| Movie | I Lived, But... | Self | 1983-10-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | the High Priest | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | the High Priest | 1983-12-28 |
| Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | the High Priest | 1982-08-07 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Expert | Gozen-sama | 1982-12-28 |
| Movie | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love in Osaka | Gozen-sama | 1981-08-08 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Promise | Gozen-sama | 1981-12-28 |
| Movie | Foster Daddy, Tora! | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Priest | 1980-08-02 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 | |
| Movie | Monument to Holy Service | 1978-09-23 | |
| Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
| Movie | Talk of the Town Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Gozensama | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Cupid | Priest | 1977-12-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Priest | 1976-07-23 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again | the High Priest | 1975-08-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Gozen-sama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forget Me Not | the High Priest | 1973-01-04 |
| Movie | Flower and Dragon | 1973-03-17 | |
| Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
| Movie | Tora-san Loves an Artist | 1973-12-25 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | the High Priest | 1972-08-05 |
| Movie | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | the High Priest | 1972-12-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Shattered Romance | the High Priest | 1971-01-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love Call | the High Priest | 1971-12-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | the High Priest | 1971-04-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
| Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | 1970-10-29 | |
| 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 | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
| Movie | Fight for the Glory | 1969-12-17 | |
| 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 | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | 1965-01-03 | |
| Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
| Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
| Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
| Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
| Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | 1962-02-04 | |
| Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
| Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sokei Nambo | 1962-06-03 |
| Movie | The Last War | Ebara | 1961-10-08 |
| Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
| Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
| Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
| Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
| 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 | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
| Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
| Movie | Master Fencer Sees the World | 1960-10-16 | |
| Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
| Movie | The Snow Flurry | 1959-01-03 | |
| Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | Good Morning | Keitaro Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
| Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
| Movie | Equinox Flower | Shukichi Mikami | 1958-09-07 |
| Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Naoji Kageyama | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
| Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
| Movie | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
| Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
| Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
| Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
| Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | 1954-04-27 | |
| Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukichi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
| Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | 1953-12-01 | |
| Movie | Youth of the Son | Mr. Uemura | 1952-06-25 |
| Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
| 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 | Beauty of Life | 1951-12-07 | |
| Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
| Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
| Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
| Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
| Movie | A Visage to Remember | 1948-04-04 | |
| Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
| Movie | The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant | 1947-04-01 | |
| Movie | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Tashiro | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | Iki na fûraibô | Chôgorô Yamamoto | 1946-02-28 |
| Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
| Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
| Movie | Navy | Major Kikuchi | 1943-12-08 |
| Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Shojiro's Friend | 1941-03-01 |
| Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Nanmura | 1941-08-26 |
| Movie | A Brother and His Younger Sister | Seizaburō Utsumi | 1939-04-01 |
| Movie | A Star Athlete | Tani | 1937-05-01 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
| Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Nenkai Hotta | 1937-01-14 |
| Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Shin'ichi Katori | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
| Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
| Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
| Movie | The Only Son | Teacher Okubo | 1936-09-15 |
| Movie | The New Road: Akemi | 1936-11-30 | |
| Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Policeman | 1935-11-21 |
| Movie | Street Without End | Yukihiko Chiba | 1934-04-26 |
| Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
| 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 | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Shimazaki | 1932-10-13 |
| Movie | The Lady and the Beard | (uncredited) | 1931-02-07 |
| Movie | I Flunked, But... | Class mate | 1930-04-11 |
| Movie | That Night's Wife | Policeman | 1930-07-06 |
| Movie | Days of Youth | Student | 1929-04-13 |