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