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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:
235
First Appeared:
In the movie Dreams of Youth 1928-04-29
Latest Project:
Movie Talking with Ozu 1993-11-27
Known For
Poster of I Lived, But...
Poster of Oretachi no toki
Poster of High-School Outcasts
Poster of Four Sisters
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 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 Flower and Dragon 1973-03-17
Movie Tora-san's Forget Me Not the High Priest 1973-01-04
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 Red Beard Mr. Yasumoto 1965-04-03
Movie The Radish and the Carrot 1965-01-03
Movie The Soundless Cry Tateno 1965-01-30
Series Tamayura 直木良彦 1965-04-05
Movie The Four Loves Heitarô Misawa 1965-12-28
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 The Wiser Age Kinjiro Ishikawa 1962-01-14
Movie Flower in a Storm 1962-04-01
Movie Drunkard's Paradise 1962-02-04
Movie Yoru no keisha 1962-06-28
Movie An Autumn Afternoon Shuhei Hirayama 1962-11-18
Movie Love Under the Crucifix Sokei Nambo 1962-06-03
Movie Zoku aizen katsura 1962-10-24
Movie Four Sisters 1962-07-01
Movie A Good Man, A Good Day Ozeki Hitoshi 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 Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 1960-07-05
Movie The Bad Sleep Well Public Prosecutor Nonaka 1960-09-19
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 Striving to Live 1955-02-25
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 Life's Simple Pleasures 1955-05-17
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 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 Always in My Heart Part 3 1954-04-27
Movie Twenty-Four Eyes Otoko Sensei 1954-09-15
Movie Aiyoku no sabaki 1953-05-06
Movie Sisters 1953-04-29
Movie Mole Alley 1953-05-07
Movie Love Letter 1953-12-13
Movie Always in My Heart 1953-09-15
Movie Always in My Heart Part 2 1953-12-01
Movie Tokyo Story Shukichi Hirayama 1953-11-03
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 彼を殺すな 1952-09-11
Movie The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Sadao Hirayama 1952-10-01
Movie Carmen Comes Home Principal 1951-03-21
Movie The Good Fairy Ryôen Toba 1951-02-17
Movie Home Sweet Home Kosaku Uemura 1951-03-21
Movie Freedom School 1951-05-05
Movie Boyhood Father 1951-05-12
Movie Fireworks Over the Sea Tarobei Kamiya 1951-10-25
Movie Beauty of Life 1951-12-07
Movie Early Summer Koichi Mamiya 1951-10-03
Movie The Munekata Sisters Tadachika Munekata 1950-08-08
Movie Kekkon Sanjûshi 1949-03-21
Movie Ishimatsu of the Forest 1949-06-04
Movie Forgotten Children 1949-10-04
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 最後の攘夷党 1945-12-20
Movie Sailor Teacher (uncredited) 1944-05-25
Movie The Man Who Has Returned 1944-07-20
Movie Army Tomosuke Takagi 1944-12-07
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 Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family Shojiro's Friend 1941-03-01
Movie Introspection Tower Mr. Kusama 1941-01-30
Movie Ornamental Hairpin Nanmura 1941-08-26
Movie Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru 1940-04-17
Movie Utsukushiki Rinjin 1940-05-23
Movie A Brother and His Younger Sister Seizaburō Utsumi 1939-04-01
Movie Spring Thunder 1939-04-13
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 Song of the Flower Basket Nenkai Hotta 1937-01-14
Movie Moon Over the Ruins Conductor 1937-01-05
Movie The Lights of Asakusa Shin'ichi Katori 1937-12-02
Movie Don't Tell Your Wife About It George 1937-05-20
Movie A Star Athlete Tani 1937-05-01
Movie Children in the Wind Policeman 1937-11-11
Movie Goodbye to the Front 1937-08-24
Movie The Golden Demon Kuranosuke Kazahaya 1937-06-10
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 A Mother Should Be Loved Hattori 1934-05-11
Movie Street Without End Yukihiko Chiba 1934-04-26
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