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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 | 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 | Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio | Self | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Former Priest | 1988-01-15 |
Movie | Tora-san Goes North | the High Priest | 1987-08-15 |
Movie | Crybaby Chacha | 1987-02-21 | |
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 | Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985-04-24 |
Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk | 1985-05-15 |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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! | 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 | 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 |
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 | Tora-san Loves an Artist | 1973-12-25 | |
Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
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 Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
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 | 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 | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
Movie | Traveling in Party | 1967-11-12 | |
Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-12 |
Movie | Come Marry Me | Tamotsu's Grandfather | 1966-11-20 |
Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | 1965-01-03 | |
Movie | The Soundless Cry | Tateno | 1965-01-30 |
Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
Movie | Dislikes | 1964-03-01 | |
Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | 1963-02-09 | |
Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | 1963-08-27 | |
Movie | Flower in a Storm | 1962-04-01 | |
Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sokei Nambo | 1962-06-03 |
Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | 1962-02-04 | |
Movie | Yoru no keisha | 1962-06-28 | |
Movie | Four Sisters | 1962-07-01 | |
Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
Movie | Zoku aizen katsura | 1962-10-24 | |
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 | 1960-09-15 |
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 | 1959-04-12 | |
Movie | Good Morning | Keitaro Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
Movie | The Rickshaw Man | Shigezo Yuki | 1958-04-21 |
Movie | White Blaze | 1958-03-04 | |
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 | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
Movie | Eyes of Children | 1956-01-15 | |
Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | All is Well | 1955-01-29 | |
Movie | The Refugee | 1955-05-03 | |
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 | Always in My Heart Part 3 | 1954-04-27 | |
Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukichi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | 1953-12-01 | |
Movie | Youth of the Son | Mr. Uemura | 1952-06-25 |
Movie | The Waves | 1952-04-03 | |
Movie | Kyōshū | 1952-07-02 | |
Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | 彼を殺すな | 1952-09-11 | |
Movie | Dôkoku | 1952-10-16 | |
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 | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
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 | Kekkon Sanjûshi | 1949-03-21 | |
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 | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
Movie | Living Image | 1948-10-12 | |
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 | Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 | |
Movie | Izu no musumetachi | 1945-08-30 | |
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 | Introspection Tower | Mr. Kusama | 1941-01-30 |
Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Shojiro's Friend | 1941-03-01 |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Nanmura | 1941-08-26 |
Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | 1940-04-17 | |
Movie | Spring Thunder | 1939-04-13 | |
Movie | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
Movie | Mother is Strong | 1939-12-17 | |
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 | 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 | 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 Story of Floating Weeds | Shouting audience member | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
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 | Wife Lost | 1928-06-15 | |
Movie | Dreams of Youth | 1928-04-29 | |
Movie | Couple on the Move | 1928-09-28 | |
Movie | Physical Beauty | 1928-12-01 | |
Movie | Pumpkin | 1928-08-31 |