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Chishū Ryū
Born · May 13, 1904
Died · March 16, 1993 (88 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Bio
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.
Talking with Ozu
Self (archival footage)
6.5
1993
Tora-san Makes Excuses
8.0
1992
Luminous Moss
Judge
5.5
1992
Tora-san Confesses
8.0
1991
Until the End of the World
Mr. Mori
6.8
1991
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
0.0
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
8.0
1990
Dreams
Old Man
7.7
1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
Gozen-sama
8.7
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
the High Priest
8.0
1989
Until Spring Comes
0.0
1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Gozen-sama
8.5
1988
A Taxing Woman's Return
Former Priest
6.5
1988
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio
Self
7.0
1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
the High Priest
9.0
1987
An Early Autumn
(1 episode)
0.0
1987
Tora-san Goes North
the High Priest
8.7
1987
Crybaby Chacha
0.0
1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
the High Priest
7.5
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
Hermit
0.0
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
6.1
1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
the High Priest
8.0
1985
And Then
6.9
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A monk
7.8
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
the High Priest
6.5
1985
Tokyo-Ga
Self
7.0
1985
When Winter Comes
0.0
1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
the High Priest
8.0
1984
The Funeral
The Priest
7.2
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
the High Priest
8.0
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
the High Priest
8.0
1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters
5.2
1983
I Lived, But...
Self
6.5
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
the High Priest
8.0
1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
0.0
1983
Tora-san, the Expert
Gozen-sama
8.5
1982
When We are Old
0.0
1982
The Longest Tunnel
Saiji Akutsu
0.0
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
the High Priest
8.0
1982
Tora-san's Promise
Gozen-sama
8.0
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Gozen-sama
8.5
1981
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Gozen-sama
7.5
1980
Zoku zoku jiken
(4 episodes)
0.0
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Priest
8.0
1980
A-Un
(5 episodes)
0.0
1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
8.0
1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Gozen-sama
8.5
1979
Tokyo Suburbia
(15 episodes)
0.0
1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Gozen-sama
9.0
1978
Monument to Holy Service
0.0
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Gozen-sama
8.0
1978
Haguregumo
(20 episodes)
6.5
1978
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Priest
7.7
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Gozensama
8.5
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
Gozen-sama
8.5
1976
Oretachi no toki
0.0
1976
Hi no kuni ni
造園主・吉野公平 · (154 episodes)
0.0
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Priest
9.0
1976
The Roads Men Travel
Kadomae · (1 episode)
8.2
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Gozen-sama
7.7
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
the High Priest
8.0
1975
Kyukei no Koya
0.0
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
Gozen-sama
7.5
1974
The Castle of Sand
Kojuro Kirihara
7.4
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
Gozen-sama
7.3
1974
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
0.0
1974
Machi no Hi
Takushoku
0.0
1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
8.0
1973
Miyamoto Musashi
Takuan
7.1
1973
Flower and Dragon
10.0
1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
the High Priest
8.0
1973
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
the High Priest
7.6
1972
Home from the Sea
Ishizaki Senzo
7.1
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
the High Priest
7.5
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
the High Priest
8.0
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
the High Priest
7.8
1971
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
0.0
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
the High Priest
7.2
1971
High-School Outcasts
Instructor Takeyama
0.0
1970
The Last Kamikaze
6.0
1970
Where Spring Comes Late
Genzo, So's father
7.5
1970
Tora-san's Runaway
High Priest
7.8
1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Priest
7.4
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
High Priest
7.0
1970
Fight for the Glory
0.0
1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Gozensama
6.8
1969
It's Tough Being a Man
Gozen-sama
8.1
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
General Maresuke Nogi
6.0
1969
Scrap Collectors
0.0
1968
The Human Bullet
Bookstore Man
6.1
1968
Traveling in Party
6.0
1967
Japan's Longest Day
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
7.1
1967
The Black Sheep
0.0
1967
Oyuki
0.0
1966
Come Marry Me
Tamotsu's Grandfather
6.0
1966
Warm Current
Yasuhide Shima
0.0
1966
The Four Loves
Heitarô Misawa
0.0
1965
Tamayura
直木良彦 · (310 episodes)
0.0
1965
Red Beard
Mr. Yasumoto
8.1
1965
The Soundless Cry
Tateno
8.0
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
10.0
1965
Gazing at Love and Death
7.0
1964
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Gôzô Tôyama
5.3
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
0.0
1964
Aoimoku no yome-han
Maruhashi Gotaro
0.0
1964
Dislikes
0.0
1964
Tange Sazen
0.0
1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
0.0
1963
Double Wedding
Noriko's Father
0.0
1963
Futari dake no toride
0.0
1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart
0.0
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama
7.8
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
0.0
1962
Four Sisters
6.0
1962
Yoru no keisha
0.0
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
Sokei Nambo
6.9
1962
Flower in a Storm
0.0
1962
Dolls floating down the river
Neighbor
0.0
1962
Drunkard's Paradise
0.0
1962
The Wiser Age
Kinjiro Ishikawa
7.3
1962
The End of Summer
Farmer
7.5
1961
The Last War
Ebara
6.2
1961
The Youth and His Amulet
0.0
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
Ozeki Hitoshi
0.0
1961
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
0.0
1961
Door of Flowers
0.0
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô
8.4
1961
Late Autumn
Shukichi Miwa
7.8
1960
Satan's Sword
Tsukue
6.4
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
0.0
1960
Internees of Kampili
Vice-Admiral Shibata
0.0
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Nonaka
7.7
1960
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
0.0
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Old man in the park
7.1
1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Monk
0.0
1960
Only She Knows
0.0
1960
The Wandering Princess
Kinoshita
6.7
1960
Spring Dreams
Shinichirô Atsumi
5.8
1960
Floating Weeds
Theatre Owner
7.5
1959
Love in the Mountains
0.0
1959
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Detective Shiozaki
0.0
1959
The White Road Across the River
0.0
1959
Good Morning
Keitaro Hayashi
7.7
1959
Farewell to Spring
Kôzô's father
6.2
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Komiya
10.0
1959
Bridge
0.0
1959
The Snow Flurry
6.6
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
Naoji Kageyama
6.3
1958
Equinox Flower
Shukichi Mikami
7.4
1958
The Rickshaw Man
Shigezo Yuki
7.2
1958
White Blaze
0.0
1958
Hearts A-Flutter
Shingo Wakasugi
0.0
1957
Tokyo Twilight
Shukichi Sugiyama
7.7
1957
The Crowded Train
Genroku, the father
6.7
1957
The Face
Det. Hasegawa
0.0
1957
Flying in the Air
0.0
1957
The Storm
9.0
1956
Early Spring
Kiichi Onodera
7.6
1956
Eyes of Children
0.0
1956
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Masao - Age 73
7.0
1955
Subarashiki shōtai
0.0
1955
The First Kiss
Hasegawa
6.3
1955
Stray Sheep
Professor Hirota
0.0
1955
Life's Simple Pleasures
0.0
1955
The Refugee
0.0
1955
Striving to Live
0.0
1955
All is Well 2
0.0
1955
All is Well
Shingo Mori
0.0
1955
The Moon Has Risen
Asai Mokichi
6.8
1955
Twenty-Four Eyes
Otoko Sensei
7.7
1954
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
0.0
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
7.0
1954
Haru no Wakakusa
0.0
1954
慶安水滸傳
神尾備前守
0.0
1954
Love Letter
6.8
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
6.5
1953
Tokyo Story
Shukichi Hirayama
8.2
1953
Always in My Heart
6.8
1953
Mole Alley
0.0
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
0.0
1953
Sisters
0.0
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
0.0
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
0.0
1952
Dôkoku
0.0
1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Sadao Hirayama
7.6
1952
Kare o korosu na
0.0
1952
Kyōshū
0.0
1952
Youth of the Son
Mr. Uemura
6.4
1952
The Waves
5.0
1952
Beauty of Life
0.0
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tarobei Kamiya
5.0
1951
Early Summer
Koichi Mamiya
7.8
1951
Boyhood
Father
6.7
1951
Freedom School
0.0
1951
Carmen Comes Home
Principal
6.2
1951
Home Sweet Home
Kosaku Uemura
6.8
1951
The Good Fairy
Ryôen Toba
5.5
1951
The Munekata Sisters
Tadachika Munekata
7.0
1950
Forgotten Children
0.0
1949
Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya
8.0
1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
0.0
1949
Kekkon Sanjûshi
0.0
1949
The Fourth Lady
0.0
1948
Living Image
0.0
1948
A Hen in the Wind
Kazuichiro Satake
7.0
1948
Great X
Chief of police
0.0
1948
A Visage to Remember
6.3
1948
Children Hand in Hand
Mr. Matsumura
0.0
1948
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Tashiro
7.2
1947
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
7.0
1947
The Woman Who Holds the Key
0.0
1946
Iki na fûraibô
Chôgorô Yamamoto
0.0
1946
最後の攘夷党
0.0
1945
Sennichimae fukin
0.0
1945
Izu no musumetachi
0.0
1945
Otome no iru kichi
0.0
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
河上耕造
0.0
1945
Army
Tomosuke Takagi
7.2
1944
The Man Who Has Returned
0.0
1944
Sailor
Teacher (uncredited)
0.0
1944
Navy
Major Kikuchi
0.0
1943
Our Planes Fly South
Teacher Matsuki
0.0
1943
Port of Flowers
Nobadama
7.2
1943
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
0.0
1943
Kaisen no Zenya
0.0
1943
South Wind 2
0.0
1942
South Wind
0.0
1942
There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa
7.0
1942
Ornamental Hairpin
Nanmura
6.5
1941
Flower
0.0
1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
The Boss
0.0
1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Shojiro's Friend
6.9
1941
Introspection Tower
Mr. Kusama
6.7
1941
Utsukushiki Rinjin
0.0
1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
0.0
1940
Mother is Strong
0.0
1939
New Woman Question and Answer
6.0
1939
Spring Thunder
0.0
1939
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Seizaburō Utsumi
5.6
1939
Southern Wind
0.0
1939
Queen of the Wind
0.0
1938
The Lights of Asakusa
Shin'ichi Katori
5.6
1937
Children in the Wind
Policeman
7.6
1937
Goodbye to the Front
0.0
1937
The Golden Demon
Kuranosuke Kazahaya
6.0
1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
George
6.0
1937
A Star Athlete
Tani
6.0
1937
Song of the Flower Basket
Nenkai Hotta
0.0
1937
Moon Over the Ruins
Conductor
5.0
1937
The New Road: Akemi
7.0
1936
Housewife Camellia
0.0
1936
The Only Son
Teacher Okubo
7.4
1936
Boy Aviation Pilots
0.0
1936
College Is a Nice Place
Amano
0.0
1936
An Inn in Tokyo
Policeman
6.9
1935
A Story of Floating Weeds
Audience Member
7.0
1934
A Mother Should Be Loved
Hattori
6.1
1934
Street Without End
Yukihiko Chiba
6.7
1934
Love
0.0
1933
Passing Fancy
Man on Boat
6.6
1933
Dragnet Girl
Policeman
6.8
1933
Woman of Tokyo
Reporter
6.8
1933
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Shimazaki
6.5
1932
The Lady and the Beard
(uncredited)
5.9
1931
That Night's Wife
Policeman
6.5
1930
I Flunked, But...
Class mate
6.1
1930
Days of Youth
Student
5.7
1929
Physical Beauty
0.0
1928
Couple on the Move
0.0
1928
Pumpkin
0.0
1928
Wife Lost
0.0
1928
Dreams of Youth
0.0
1928