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:
- 204
- First Appeared:
- Movie Talking with Ozu 1993-11-27
- Latest Project:
- In the movie Dreams of Youth 1928-04-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Talking with Ozu | Himself (archival footage) | 1993-11-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Makes Excuses | Unknown | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | Luminous Moss | Judge | 1992-04-25 |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Mr. Mori | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | Tora-san Confesses | 1991-12-23 | |
| Movie | Wim Wenders in Tokyo | Unknown | 1990-12-31 |
| Movie | Tora-san Takes a Vacation | 1990-12-22 | |
| Movie | Dreams | Old Man | 1990-05-11 |
| Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | the High Priest | 1989-08-05 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
| Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Unknown | 1988-01-15 |
| Movie | Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio | Interviewee | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Crybaby Chacha | 1987-02-21 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Daddy | Gozen-sama | 1987-12-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes North | the High Priest | 1987-08-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | Gozen-sama | 1986-12-20 |
| Movie | The Greatest Man in the World | Hermit | 1986-10-25 |
| Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | Unknown | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | Gozen-sama | 1985-12-28 |
| Movie | And Then | Unknown | 1985-11-09 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | Gozen-sama | 1985-08-03 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk (uncredited) | 1985-05-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Himself | 1985-04-24 |
| Movie | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | Unknown | 1984-08-04 |
| Movie | The Funeral | The priest | 1984-11-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | Unknown | 1984-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | Priest | 1983-12-28 |
| Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | Unknown | 1983-11-15 |
| Movie | I Lived, But... | Himself | 1983-10-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | Gozen-sama | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Expert | Gozen-sama | 1982-12-28 |
| Movie | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
| Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1982-08-07 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Promise | Gozen-sama | 1981-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love in Osaka | Gozen-sama | 1981-08-08 |
| Movie | Foster Daddy, Tora! | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Priest | 1980-08-02 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 | |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | Talk of the Town Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-12-27 |
| Movie | Seishoku no ishibumi | 1978-09-23 | |
| Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Cupid | Priest | 1977-12-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Gozensama | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Oretachi no toki | Unknown | 1976-11-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Priest | 1976-07-23 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Gozen-sama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again | 1975-08-19 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | Machi no Hi | Takushoku | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san Loves an Artist | 1973-12-25 | |
| Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
| Movie | Flower and Dragon | Unknown | 1973-03-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forget Me Not | Gozen-sama | 1973-01-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | the High Priest | 1972-12-29 |
| Movie | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | Gozen-sama | 1972-08-05 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love Call | Gozen-sama | 1971-12-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | the High Priest | 1971-04-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Shattered Romance | the High Priest | 1971-01-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | Unknown | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
| Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
| Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Fight for the Glory | Unknown | 1969-12-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
| 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 | Scrap Collectors | 1968-11-28 | |
| Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
| Movie | Traveling in Party | Unknown | 1967-11-12 |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-12 |
| Movie | The Black Sheep | Unknown | 1967-01-03 |
| Movie | Come Marry Me | Unknown | 1966-11-20 |
| Movie | Warm Current | Yasuhide Shima | 1966-04-29 |
| Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | The Soundless Cry | Tateno | 1965-01-30 |
| Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | Unknown | 1965-01-03 |
| Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
| Movie | Gazing at Love and Death | Unknown | 1964-09-19 |
| Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | Tange Sazen | Unknown | 1963-11-17 |
| Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | Unknown | 1963-08-27 |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
| Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
| Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | Unknown | 1963-02-09 |
| Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | Unknown | 1962-02-04 |
| Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
| Movie | Four Sisters | Unknown | 1962-07-01 |
| Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sôkei Nambô | 1962-06-03 |
| Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
| Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
| Movie | The Last War | Unknown | 1961-10-08 |
| Movie | The Youth and His Amulet | Unknown | 1961-09-17 |
| 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 | Storm on the Silvery Peaks | Monk | 1960-04-29 |
| Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
| Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
| Movie | Only She Knows | Unknown | 1960-04-01 |
| Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
| Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
| Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
| Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
| Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-15 |
| Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
| Movie | Good Morning | Keitarô Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
| Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Unknown | 1959-04-12 |
| Movie | The Snow Flurry | Unknown | 1959-01-03 |
| 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 | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
| Movie | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
| Movie | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
| Movie | The Storm | Unknown | 1956-10-24 |
| Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
| Movie | Eyes of Children | Unknown | 1956-01-15 |
| Movie | The Refugee | Unknown | 1955-05-03 |
| Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
| Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
| Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
| Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | Unknown | 1954-04-27 |
| Movie | Haru no Wakakusa | 1954-01-27 | |
| Movie | Love Letter | Unknown | 1953-12-13 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | Unknown | 1953-12-01 |
| Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukishi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart | Unknown | 1953-09-15 |
| Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
| Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | 1953-05-06 | |
| Movie | Youth of the Son | Unknown | 1952-06-25 |
| Movie | The Waves | Unknown | 1952-04-03 |
| Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | 彼を殺すな | 1952-09-11 | |
| Movie | Dôkoku | Unknown | 1952-10-16 |
| 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 | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
| Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
| Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
| 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 Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
| Movie | A Visage to Remember | Unknown | 1948-04-04 |
| Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
| Movie | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Tashiro | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant | Unknown | 1947-04-01 |
| Movie | Izu no musumetachi | Unknown | 1945-08-30 |
| Movie | Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 | |
| Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | Unknown | 1944-07-20 |
| Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
| Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa, le père | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Osamura | 1941-08-26 |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Friend | 1941-03-01 |
| Movie | Introspection Tower | Unknown | 1941-01-30 |
| Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | Unknown | 1940-04-17 |
| Movie | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
| Movie | A Brother and His Younger Sister | Seizaburō Utsumi | 1939-04-01 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
| Movie | Moon Over the Ruins | Conductor | 1937-01-05 |
| Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Nenkai Hotta | 1937-01-14 |
| Movie | A Star Athlete | Tani | 1937-05-01 |
| Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
| Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
| Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
| Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Unknown | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | The New Road: Akemi | Unknown | 1936-11-30 |
| Movie | The Only Son | Professor Ookubo | 1936-09-15 |
| Movie | College is a Nice Place | Amano | 1936-03-19 |
| Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Police man | 1935-11-21 |
| Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Shouting audience member | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | Street Without End | Yukihiko Chiba | 1934-04-26 |
| Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
| Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on boat | 1933-09-07 |
| Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
| 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 | That Night's Wife | Policeman | 1930-07-06 |
| Movie | I Flunked, But... | Class mate | 1930-04-11 |
| Movie | Days of Youth | student | 1929-04-13 |
| Movie | Physical Beauty | Unknown | 1928-12-01 |
| Movie | Couple on the Move | Unknown | 1928-09-28 |
| Movie | Pumpkin | Unknown | 1928-08-31 |
| Movie | Wife Lost | Unknown | 1928-06-15 |
| Movie | Dreams of Youth | 1928-04-29 |