Chishū Ryū
Acting
Born: May 13, 1904 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died: March 16, 1993 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Tokyo Story
1953
Dreams
1990
Late Spring
1949
Red Beard
1965
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Good Morning
1959
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Until the End of the World
1991
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Early Summer
1951
Floating Weeds
1959
Photos (2)
Movies (280)
Red Beard
Mr. Yasumoto
Dreams
Old Man
Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya
Tokyo Story
Shukichi Hirayama
Twenty-Four Eyes
Otoko Sensei
Until the End of the World
Mr. Mori
Battle of the Japan Sea
General Maresuke Nogi
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama
Good Morning
Keitaro Hayashi
The End of Summer
Farmer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô
Early Summer
Koichi Mamiya
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Tashiro
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Nonaka
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Sadao Hirayama
I Was Born, But...
Home movie projectionist
The Castle of Sand
Kojuro Kirihara
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A Monk (uncredited)
Equinox Flower
Shukichi Mikami
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
御前样
The Rickshaw Man
Toyozo Yuki
The Funeral
The Priest
The Munekata Sisters
Tadachika Munekata
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
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A Story of Floating Weeds
Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
Floating Weeds
Theatre Owner
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
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Love Under the Crucifix
Sokei Nambo
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Tora-san Plays Daddy
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
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A Hen in the Wind
Kazuichiro Satake
The Only Son
Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
Tora-san's Runaway
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Late Autumn
Shukichi Miwa
Miyamoto Musashi
Takuan
I Flunked, But...
Student
The Eternal Rainbow
Naoji Kageyama
Tora-san Goes Religious?
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Tora-san's Cherished Mother
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The Moon Has Risen
Asai Mokichi
Tora-san's Promise
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Luminous Moss
Judge
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Shojiro's Friend
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
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The Human Bullet
Bookstore Owner
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
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Love Letter
1953
Stage-Struck Tora-san
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Dragnet Girl
Policeman
A Mother Should Be Loved
Hattori
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
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Ornamental Hairpin
Nanmura
Woman of Tokyo
Reporter
Tora-san Goes North
The High Priest
Early Spring
Kiichi Onodera
A Taxing Woman's Return
Former Priest
Japan's Longest Day
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
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Tokyo Twilight
Shukichi Sugiyama
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
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Army
Tomosuke Takagi
Street Without End
Yukihiko Chiba
Where Spring Comes Late
Genzo, So's father
Home from the Sea
Ishizaki Senzo
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
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Tora-san's Forbidden Love
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Spring Thunder
1939
Sisters
1953
The Longest Tunnel
Saiji Akutsu
There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
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The Wandering Princess
Kinoshita
Beauty of Life
1951
A Visage to Remember
1948
The Crowded Train
Genroku, the father
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tarobei Kamiya
Tora-san's Lovesick
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Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Eyes of Children
1956
Tora-san's Song of Love
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The Wiser Age
Kinjiro Ishikawa
The Good Fairy
Ryôen Toba
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
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Physical Beauty
1928
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
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Tora-san's Pure Love
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Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
1958
Tora-san Confesses
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Tora-san, the Expert
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Old man in the park
Dôkoku
1952
Carmen Comes Home
Principal
The Immortal Pitcher
1955
Tora-san Plays Cupid
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Passing Fancy
Man on Boat
Oretachi no toki
1976
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Tora-san Loves an Artist
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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
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Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
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Always in My Heart
1953
The Last Kamikaze
1970
A Good Man, A Good Day
Ozeki Hitoshi
Pumpkin
1928
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
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Bandits on the Wind
1961
Mole Alley
1953
And Then
Toku Nagai
And Then
1985
Spring Dreams
Shinichirô Atsumi
The Last War
Ebara
White Blaze
1958
Freedom School
1951
The Waves
1952
Foster Daddy, Tora!
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Satan's Sword
Tsukue
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
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Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
The College Hero
Professor Fujii
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
The Greatest Man in the World
Hermit
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
Tora-san Makes Excuses
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Carefree Goddesses
1987
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Tora-san, the Intellectual
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Tora-san, My Uncle
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Kazanmyaku
1950
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Masao - Age 73
The First Kiss
Hasegawa
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
1954
The Man of Rumor
藤森甚三
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
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Haru no Wakakusa
1954
Tora-san's Love Call
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Double Wedding
Noriko's Father
Tora-san's Island Encounter
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The Youth and His Amulet
1961
The Wicked Boy
1956
The Storm
1956
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
Komiya
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
The Golden Demon
Kuranosuke Kazahaya
Tora-san, the Go-Between
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Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
Flower and Dragon
1973
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
The Face
Det. Hasegawa
All is Well
Shingo Mori
Crybaby Chacha
1987
The Lady and the Beard
(uncredited)
Housewife Camellia
1936
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
Forgotten Children
1949
Wife Lost
1928
Yoru no keisha
1962
Port of Flowers
Nobadama
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
The Snow Flurry
1959
All is Well 2
1955
The Four Loves
Heitarô Misawa
The Refugee
1955
The Fourth Lady
1948
Tora-san's Lullaby
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Warm Current
Yasuhide Shima
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
Navy
Major Kikuchi
The Path Under the Platanes
Ichiro Ishimaru
Student Executive
1961
That Night's Wife
Policeman
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Shimazaki
Farewell to Spring
Kôzô's father
Traveling in Party
1967
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Saigo no joito
1945
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
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Great X
Chief of police
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
South Wind 2
1942
Queen of the Wind
1938
Funny Fellows
1956
A Star Athlete
Tani
慶安水滸傳
神尾備前守
Boyhood
Father
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
The Invisible 108th Unit
1956
Introspection Tower
Mr. Kusama
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
Flying in the Air
1957
Home Sweet Home
Kosaku Uemura
Song of the Flower Basket
Nenkai Hotta
An Inn in Tokyo
Policeman
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
1957
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
The Soundless Cry
Tateno
Our Planes Fly South
Teacher Matsuki
Love in the Mountains
1959
Gekimetsu no uta
河上耕造
Fight for the Glory
1969
High-School Outcasts
Instructor Takeyama
Come Marry Me
Tamotsu's Grandfather
Door of Flowers
1961
Striving to Live
1955
Four Sisters
1962
When We are Old
1982
Days of Youth
Student
Children in the Wind
Policeman
Futari dake no toride
1963
Autumn Interlude
Michio
Dreams of Youth
1928
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Oyuki
1966
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Youth of the Son
Mr. Uemura
College Is a Nice Place
Amano
Children Hand in Hand
Mr. Matsumura
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Gôzô Tôyama
Tange Sazen
1963
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Kare o korosu na
1952
Kyukei no Koya
1975
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Monk
A Million Girls
Atsufumi Yashiro
Sailor
Teacher (uncredited)
Only She Knows
1960
The Black Sheep
1967
Pure Love
1956
The Young Women of Izu
1945
Kyōshū
1952
When Winter Comes
1985
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
Mother is Strong
1939
Until Spring Comes
1989
Southern Wind
1939
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Detective Shiozaki
The Lights of Asakusa
Shin'ichi Katori
Dolls floating down the river
Neighbor
Internees of Kampili
Vice-Admiral Shibata
South Wind
1942
Machi no Hi
Takushoku
Flower in a Storm
1962
新婚たくあん夫婦
品川夏堂
Dislikes
1964
Blue Eyed Bride
Maruhashi Gotaro
The White Road Across the River
1959
Scrap Collectors
1968
Love
1933
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Let's Go in Good Spirits
The Boss
Bridge
1959
Living Image
1948
The Last Escape
Ryu Kinihide
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Seizaburō Utsumi
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
巨匠
Sakiko-san chotto
中川正一
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
Flower
1941
