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 (278)
Tokyo Story
Shukichi Hirayama
Red Beard
Mr. Yasumoto
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tayama Dosen
Dreams
Old Man
Until the End of the World
Mr. Mori
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô
Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Nonaka
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Sadao Hirayama
Ornamental Hairpin
Nanmura
Good Morning
Keitaro Hayashi
Early Spring
Kiichi Onodera
Tokyo Twilight
Shukichi Sugiyama
Floating Weeds
Theatre Owner
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Komiya
The End of Summer
Farmer
Late Autumn
Shukichi Miwa
Battle of the Japan Sea
General Maresuke Nogi
The Only Son
Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
Equinox Flower
Shukichi Mikami
Mother is Strong
1939
A Hen in the Wind
Kazuichiro Satake
There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa
Japan's Longest Day
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
A Story of Floating Weeds
Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
Early Summer
Koichi Mamiya
The Castle of Sand
Kojuro Kirihara
Sakiko-san chotto
中川正一
I Was Born, But...
Home movie projectionist
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
The Funeral
The Priest
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Gôzô Tôyama
Love Under the Crucifix
Sokei Nambo
Tora-san Goes North
the High Priest
The Rickshaw Man
Toyozo Yuki
The Last War
Ebara
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Miyamoto Musashi
Takuan
The Munekata Sisters
Tadachika Munekata
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Gozensama
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Tashiro
Army
Tomosuke Takagi
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Old man in the park
Dreams of Youth
1928
Twenty-Four Eyes
Otoko Sensei
The Invisible 108th Unit
1956
Love Letter
1953
The Last Escape
Ryu Kinihide
A Taxing Woman's Return
Former Priest
Scrap Collectors
1968
Tora-san, My Uncle
Gozen-sama
The Human Bullet
Bookstore Owner
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Gozen-sama
Come Marry Me
Tamotsu's Grandfather
Tora-san's Lovesick
Gozen-sama
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Only She Knows
1960
慶安水滸傳
神尾備前守
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
the High Priest
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
the High Priest
Children Hand in Hand
Mr. Matsumura
Home Sweet Home
Kosaku Uemura
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
The Longest Tunnel
Saiji Akutsu
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Gozen-sama
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Gozen-sama
The Wiser Age
Kinjiro Ishikawa
Tora-san, the Expert
Gozen-sama
Street Without End
Yukihiko Chiba
Let's Go in Good Spirits
The Boss
Spring Dreams
Shinichirô Atsumi
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
High Priest
Satan's Sword
Tsukue
Tora-san Goes Religious?
the High Priest
The Crowded Train
Genroku, the father
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Priest
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
The High Priest
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
the High Priest
The Moon Has Risen
Asai Mokichi
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Shojiro's Friend
Freedom School
1951
Four Sisters
1962
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Tora-san Confesses
High Priest
Tora-san Plays Daddy
the High Priest
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
the High Priest
The Wandering Princess
Kinoshita
Introspection Tower
Mr. Kusama
A Good Man, A Good Day
Ozeki Hitoshi
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Gozen-sama
Tora-san's Pure Love
Gozen-sama
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
the High Priest
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
High Priest
Sailor
Teacher (uncredited)
Dragnet Girl
Policeman
Luminous Moss
Judge
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Priest
Tora-san's Lullaby
Gozen-sama
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
And Then
Toku Nagai
And Then
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
the High Priest
The First Kiss
Hasegawa
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Masao - Age 73
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Gozen-sama
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Seizaburō Utsumi
Tora-san, His Tender Love
High Priest
All is Well
Shingo Mori
Children in the Wind
Policeman
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
the High Priest
Tora-san's Runaway
High Priest
The Snow Flurry
1959
Woman of Tokyo
Reporter
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Shimazaki
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
the High Priest
That Night's Wife
Policeman
Passing Fancy
Man on Boat
Tora-san's Island Encounter
the High Priest
The Wicked Boy
1956
Striving to Live
1955
Farewell to Spring
Kôzô's father
Kazanmyaku
1950
When Winter Comes
1985
Song of the Flower Basket
Nenkai Hotta
The Black Sheep
1967
A Million Girls
Atsufumi Yashiro
The Lady and the Beard
(uncredited)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
the High Priest
A Star Athlete
Tani
Where Spring Comes Late
Genzo, So's father
Tora-san's Song of Love
the High Priest
Flying in the Air
1957
Tora-san Makes Excuses
High Priest
Tora-san's Love Call
the High Priest
Tora-san's Promise
Gozen-sama
The Golden Demon
Kuranosuke Kazahaya
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
the High Priest
Double Wedding
Noriko's Father
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Funny Fellows
1956
Kyukei no Koya
1975
Dolls floating down the river
Neighbor
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Gozen-sama
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Futari dake no toride
1963
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Gozen-sama
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
The Eternal Rainbow
Naoji Kageyama
The Immortal Pitcher
1955
Home from the Sea
Ishizaki Senzo
The Storm
1956
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
I Flunked, But...
Student
Mole Alley
1953
The White Road Across the River
1959
The Four Loves
Heitarô Misawa
Living Image
1948
South Wind 2
1942
Days of Youth
Student
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Priest
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
the High Priest
Boyhood
Father
Great X
Chief of police
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tarobei Kamiya
The Lights of Asakusa
Shin'ichi Katori
A Mother Should Be Loved
Hattori
Eyes of Children
1956
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Carmen Comes Home
Principal
The Refugee
1955
Youth of the Son
Mr. Uemura
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Southern Wind
1939
Beauty of Life
1951
新婚たくあん夫婦
品川夏堂
Traveling in Party
1967
Spring Thunder
1939
The Face
Det. Hasegawa
A Visage to Remember
1948
The Young Women of Izu
1945
Kare o korosu na
1952
Always in My Heart
1953
Tange Sazen
1963
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Gozensama
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
The Man of Rumor
藤森甚三
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Priest
Crybaby Chacha
1987
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
Pure Love
1956
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
The Soundless Cry
Tateno
Bandits on the Wind
1961
Yoru no keisha
1962
Wife Lost
1928
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Gozen-sama
Flower and Dragon
1973
Flower
1941
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Sisters
1953
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
Carefree Goddesses
1987
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Detective Shiozaki
All is Well 2
1955
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
Our Planes Fly South
Teacher Matsuki
Queen of the Wind
1938
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
High-School Outcasts
Instructor Takeyama
The Fourth Lady
1948
Navy
Major Kikuchi
The Good Fairy
Ryôen Toba
White Blaze
1958
Door of Flowers
1961
Blue Eyed Bride
Maruhashi Gotaro
Port of Flowers
Nobadama
Pumpkin
1928
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
Physical Beauty
1928
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Forgotten Children
1949
The Waves
1952
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
Machi no Hi
Takushoku
Dislikes
1964
Housewife Camellia
1936
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Love
1933
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
Gekimetsu no uta
河上耕造
An Inn in Tokyo
Policeman
Autumn Interlude
Michio
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
Oretachi no toki
1976
Love in the Mountains
1959
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
Warm Current
Yasuhide Shima
Fight for the Glory
1969
The Greatest Man in the World
Hermit
Internees of Kampili
Vice-Admiral Shibata
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Monk
Flower in a Storm
1962
Until Spring Comes
1989
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
Bridge
1959
Dôkoku
1952
Saigo no joito
1945
The Path Under the Platanes
Ichiro Ishimaru
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
College Is a Nice Place
Amano
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
Student Executive
1961
Oyuki
1966
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
When We are Old
1982
South Wind
1942
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
巨匠
The College Hero
Professor Fujii
Kyōshū
1952
