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.
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 | Until Spring Comes | 1989-04-06 | |
Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
Movie | Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio | Self | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Former Priest | 1988-01-15 |
Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
Movie | Crybaby Chacha | 1987-02-21 | |
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 | The Greatest Man in the World | Hermit | 1986-10-25 |
Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | the High Priest | 1986-12-20 |
Movie | When Winter Comes | 1985-03-30 | |
Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985-04-24 |
Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | the High Priest | 1985-08-03 |
Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | the High Priest | 1985-12-28 |
Movie | And Then | 1985-11-09 | |
Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk | 1985-09-20 |
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 | Tora-san's Song of Love | the High Priest | 1983-08-06 |
Movie | I Lived, But... | Self | 1983-10-29 |
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 | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
Movie | When We are Old | 1982-11-03 | |
Movie | Tora-san, the Expert | Gozen-sama | 1982-12-28 |
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 | |
Series | Haguregumo | 1978-04-02 | |
Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
Movie | Talk of the Town Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-12-27 |
Movie | Monument to Holy Service | 1978-09-23 | |
Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Gozensama | 1977-08-06 |
Movie | Tora-san Plays Cupid | Priest | 1977-12-24 |
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 | Oretachi no toki | 1976-11-06 | |
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 Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
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 | Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho | 1971-03-06 | |
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 | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | The Last Kamikaze | 1970-10-29 | |
Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | General Maresuke Nogi | 1969-08-01 |
Movie | It's Tough Being a Man | Gozen-sama | 1969-08-27 |
Movie | Fight for the Glory | 1969-12-17 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
Movie | Scrap Collectors | 1968-11-28 | |
Movie | Traveling in Party | 1967-11-12 | |
Movie | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-03 |
Movie | Warm Current | Yasuhide Shima | 1966-04-29 |
Movie | Come Marry Me | Tamotsu's Grandfather | 1966-11-20 |
Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | 1965-01-03 | |
Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Movie | The Soundless Cry | Tateno | 1965-01-30 |
Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
Series | Tamayura | 直木良彦 | 1965-04-05 |
Movie | Dislikes | 1964-03-01 | |
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 | 1963-02-09 | |
Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | 1963-08-27 | |
Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
Movie | Dolls floating down the river | Neighbor | 1962-03-03 |
Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | 1962-02-04 | |
Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
Movie | Flower in a Storm | 1962-04-01 | |
Movie | Yoru no keisha | 1962-06-28 | |
Movie | Zoku aizen katsura | 1962-10-24 | |
Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sokei Nambo | 1962-06-03 |
Movie | Four Sisters | 1962-07-01 | |
Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
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 | 1961-09-17 | |
Movie | The Last War | Ebara | 1961-10-08 |
Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
Movie | Only She Knows | 1960-04-01 | |
Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-19 |
Movie | Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 | 1960-07-05 | |
Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | Bridge | 1959-03-04 | |
Movie | The Snow Flurry | 1959-01-03 | |
Movie | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Komiya | 1959-04-12 |
Movie | Good Morning | Keitaro Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
Movie | Love in the Mountains | 1959-10-23 | |
Movie | White Blaze | 1958-03-04 | |
Movie | The Rickshaw Man | Shigezo Yuki | 1958-04-21 |
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 | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
Movie | Flying in the Air | 1957-01-09 | |
Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
Movie | Eyes of Children | 1956-01-15 | |
Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | The Refugee | 1955-05-03 | |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | All is Well | Shingo Mori | 1955-01-29 |
Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
Movie | Life's Simple Pleasures | 1955-05-17 | |
Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
Movie | 慶安水滸傳 | 神尾備前守 | 1954-01-21 |
Movie | Haru no Wakakusa | 1954-01-27 | |
Movie | Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass | 1954-06-08 | |
Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | 1954-04-27 | |
Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
Movie | Sisters | 1953-04-29 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | 1953-05-06 | |
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 | Kyōshū | 1952-07-02 | |
Movie | The Waves | 1952-04-03 | |
Movie | Dôkoku | 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 | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
Movie | Freedom School | 1951-05-05 | |
Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
Movie | Beauty of Life | 1951-12-07 | |
Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
Movie | Forgotten Children | 1949-10-04 | |
Movie | Kekkon Sanjûshi | 1949-03-21 | |
Movie | Ishimatsu of the Forest | 1949-06-04 | |
Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
Movie | Children Hand in Hand | Mr. Matsumura | 1948-03-30 |
Movie | A Visage to Remember | 1948-04-04 | |
Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
Movie | Living Image | 1948-10-12 | |
Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
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 | Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 | |
Movie | Izu no musumetachi | 1945-08-30 | |
Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
Movie | Sailor | Teacher (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
Movie | Our Planes Fly South | Teacher Matsuki | 1943-09-10 |
Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa | 1942-04-01 |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Nanmura | 1941-08-26 |
Movie | Introspection Tower | Mr. Kusama | 1941-01-30 |
Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Shojiro's Friend | 1941-03-01 |
Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | 1940-04-17 | |
Movie | Utsukushiki Rinjin | 1940-05-23 | |
Movie | Spring Thunder | 1939-04-13 | |
Movie | A Brother and His Younger Sister | Seizaburō Utsumi | 1939-04-01 |
Movie | Mother is Strong | 1939-12-17 | |
Movie | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
Movie | Queen of the Wind | 1938-02-17 | |
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 | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
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 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 | A Story of Floating Weeds | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1928-04-29 | |
Movie | Wife Lost | 1928-06-15 | |
Movie | Couple on the Move | 1928-09-28 | |
Movie | Physical Beauty | 1928-12-01 | |
Movie | Pumpkin | 1928-08-31 |