Chishū Ryū

Birthday:

05/13/1904

Place of birth:

Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan:

Biography:

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.​



Credits

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