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 | 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 |