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 Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 188
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Dreams of Youth 1928-04-29
- Latest Project:
- Movie Talking with Ozu 1993-01-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Talking with Ozu | Self (archival footage) | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Luminous Moss | Judge | 1992-04-25 |
| Movie | Tora-san Makes Excuses | Unknown | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Mr. Mori | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | Dreams | Old Man | 1990-05-11 |
| Movie | Wim Wenders in Tokyo | Unknown | 1990-12-31 |
| Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | the High Priest | 1989-08-05 |
| Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Unknown | 1988-01-15 |
| Movie | Chishu Ryu the Actor: Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio and Me | Interviewee | 1988-01-01 |
| 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 | 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 Bluebird Fantasy | the High Priest | 1986-12-20 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk (uncredited) | 1985-05-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985-04-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | the High Priest | 1985-08-03 |
| Movie | And Then | Unknown | 1985-11-09 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | the High Priest | 1985-12-28 |
| Movie | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | the High Priest | 1984-08-04 |
| Movie | The Funeral | The priest | 1984-11-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | the High Priest | 1984-12-28 |
| Movie | Kita no kuni kara '83 fuyu | Unknown | 1983-03-24 |
| 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 | Unknown | 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 | Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Priest | 1980-08-02 |
| Movie | Foster Daddy Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 | |
| 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 Plays Cupid | Priest | 1977-12-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Gozensama | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Priest | 1976-07-23 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Oretachi no toki | Unknown | 1976-11-06 |
| 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 Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | Machi no Hi | Takushoku | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | Flower and Dragon | Unknown | 1973-03-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forget Me Not | Gozen-sama | 1973-01-04 |
| Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
| Movie | Tora-san Loves an Artist | Unknown | 1973-12-25 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | the High Priest | 1972-08-05 |
| Movie | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | the High Priest | 1972-12-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | the High Priest | 1971-04-28 |
| 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's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | Unknown | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
| Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | General Maresuke Nogi | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp | Gozen-sama | 1969-08-27 |
| Movie | Fight for the Glory | Unknown | 1969-12-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
| Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-12 |
| Movie | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
| Movie | Traveling in Party | Unknown | 1967-11-12 |
| Movie | 暖流 | Yasuhide Shima | 1966-04-29 |
| Movie | Come Marry Me | Tamotsu's Grandfather | 1966-11-20 |
| Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | Unknown | 1965-01-03 |
| Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
| Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | Aoimoku no yome-han | Maruhashi Gotaro | 1964-03-29 |
| Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | Gazing at Love and Death | 1964-09-19 | |
| Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | Unknown | 1963-02-09 |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
| Movie | Tange Sazen | Unknown | 1963-11-17 |
| Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | 1963-08-27 | |
| Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
| Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | Unknown | 1962-02-04 |
| Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
| Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sôkei Nambô | 1962-06-03 |
| Movie | Four Sisters | Unknown | 1962-07-01 |
| Movie | The Youth and His Amulet | Unknown | 1961-09-17 |
| Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
| Movie | The Last War | Unknown | 1961-10-08 |
| Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
| 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 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
| Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
| Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
| Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-15 |
| Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
| Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
| Movie | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Unknown | 1959-04-12 |
| Movie | The Snow Flurry | Unknown | 1959-01-03 |
| Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | Good Morning | Keitarô Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
| Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
| Movie | The Rickshaw Man | Shigezo Yuki | 1958-04-21 |
| Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Naoji Kageyama | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | Equinox Flower | Shukichi Mikami | 1958-09-07 |
| Movie | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
| Movie | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
| Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
| Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
| Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
| Movie | Eyes of Children | 1956-01-15 | |
| Movie | The Storm | Unknown | 1956-10-24 |
| Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
| Movie | The Refugee | Unknown | 1955-05-03 |
| Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
| Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | Unknown | 1954-04-27 |
| Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart | Unknown | 1953-09-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukishi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
| Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | Unknown | 1953-05-06 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | Unknown | 1953-12-01 |
| Movie | Love Letter | Unknown | 1953-12-13 |
| Movie | Youth of the Son | Unknown | 1952-06-25 |
| Movie | The Waves | Unknown | 1952-04-03 |
| Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Dôkoku | Unknown | 1952-10-16 |
| Movie | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
| Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
| Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
| Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
| Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
| Movie | Ishimatsu of the Forest | Unknown | 1949-06-04 |
| Movie | Children Hand in Hand | Mr. Matsumura | 1948-03-30 |
| Movie | A Visage to Remember | Unknown | 1948-04-04 |
| Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
| 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 | Izu no musumetachi | Unknown | 1945-08-30 |
| Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | Unknown | 1944-07-20 |
| Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
| Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa, le père | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Introspection Tower | Unknown | 1941-01-01 |
| Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Osamura | 1941-08-26 |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Friend | 1941-03-01 |
| Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | Unknown | 1940-04-17 |
| Movie | Shunrai | 1939-04-13 | |
| Movie | A Brother and His Younger Sister | Seizaburō Utsumi | 1939-04-01 |
| Movie | A Star Athlete | Tani | 1937-05-01 |
| Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Nenkai Hotta | 1937-01-14 |
| Movie | Moon Over the Ruins | Conductor | 1937-01-05 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
| Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
| Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Shin'ichi Katori | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
| Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
| Movie | College is a Nice Place | Amano | 1936-03-19 |
| Movie | The Only Son | Professor Ookubo | 1936-09-15 |
| Movie | The New Road: Akemi | Unknown | 1936-11-30 |
| Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Police man | 1935-11-21 |
| Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Shouting audience member | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
| Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
| Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on boat | 1933-09-07 |
| Movie | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Shimazaki | 1932-10-13 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dreams of Youth | Unknown | 1928-04-29 |
| Movie | Wife Gone Missing | 1928-06-15 | |
| Movie | Pumpkin | Unknown | 1928-08-31 |
| Movie | A Moving Couple | Unknown | 1928-09-28 |
| Movie | Body Beautiful | Unknown | 1928-12-01 |
