Chishū Ryū

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
May 13, 1904

Place of Birth:
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

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Chishū Ryū

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).

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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
1993 Talking with Ozu Self (archival footage)
1992 Luminous Moss Judge
1992 Tora-san Makes Excuses
1991 Tora-san Confesses
1991 Until the End of the World Mr. Mori
1990 Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 Dreams Old Man
1990 Wim Wenders in Tokyo Self
1989 Tora-san, My Uncle Gozen-sama
1989 Until Spring Comes
1989 Tora-san Goes to Vienna the High Priest
1988 Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Gozen-sama
1988 Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio Self
1988 A Taxing Woman's Return Former Priest
1987 Crybaby Chacha
1987 Tora-san Plays Daddy the High Priest
1987 Tora-san Goes North the High Priest
1986 Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy the High Priest
1986 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986 The Greatest Man in the World Hermit
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters A monk
1985 Tokyo-Ga Self
1985 When Winter Comes
1985 Tora-san, the Go-Between the High Priest
1985 Tora-san's Island Encounter the High Priest
1985 And Then
1984 The Funeral The Priest
1984 Tora-san's Forbidden Love the High Priest
1984 Marriage Counselor Tora-san the High Priest
1983 Tora-san Goes Religious? the High Priest
1983 Tora-san's Song of Love the High Priest
1983 I Lived, But... Self
1983 Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983 Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1982 The Longest Tunnel Saiji Akutsu
1982 When We are Old
1982 Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san the High Priest
1982 Tora-san, the Expert Gozen-sama
1981 Tora-san's Love in Osaka Gozen-sama
1981 Tora-san's Promise Gozen-sama
1980 Foster Daddy, Tora! Gozen-sama
1980 Tora-san's Tropical Fever Priest
1979 Tora-san, the Matchmaker Gozen-sama
1979 Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1978 Stage-Struck Tora-san Gozen-sama
1978 Talk of the Town Tora-san Gozen-sama
1978 Monument to Holy Service
1977 Tora-san Meets His Lordship Gozensama
1977 Tora-san Plays Cupid Priest
1976 Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset Priest
1976 Tora-san's Pure Love Gozen-sama
1976 Oretachi no toki
1975 Tora-san, the Intellectual Gozen-sama
1975 Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again the High Priest
1975 Kyukei no Koya
1974 Tora-san's Lovesick Gozen-sama
1974 Tora-san's Lullaby Gozen-sama
1974 The Castle of Sand Kojuro Kirihara
1974 Machi no Hi Takushoku
1974 Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1973 Tora-san's Forget Me Not the High Priest
1973 Miyamoto Musashi Takuan
1973 Flower and Dragon
1973 Tora-san Loves an Artist
1972 Home from the Sea Ishizaki Senzo
1972 Tora-san's Dear Old Home the High Priest
1972 Tora-san's Dream-Come-True the High Priest
1971 Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971 Tora-san's Love Call the High Priest
1971 Tora-san, the Good Samaritan the High Priest
1971 Tora-san's Shattered Romance the High Priest
1970 Tora-san's Grand Scheme Priest
1970 Where Spring Comes Late Genzo, So's father
1970 The Last Kamikaze
1970 High-School Outcasts Instructor Takeyama
1970 Tora-san, His Tender Love High Priest
1970 Tora-san's Runaway High Priest
1969 Battle of the Japan Sea General Maresuke Nogi
1969 It's Tough Being a Man Gozen-sama
1969 Fight for the Glory
1969 Tora-san's Cherished Mother Gozensama
1968 The Human Bullet Bookstore Man
1968 Scrap Collectors
1967 Japan's Longest Day Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
1967 Traveling in Party
1967 The Black Sheep
1966 Come Marry Me Tamotsu's Grandfather
1966 Warm Current Yasuhide Shima
1966 Oyuki
1966 Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1965 Red Beard Mr. Yasumoto
1965 The Soundless Cry Tateno
1965 The Radish and the Carrot
1965 The Four Loves Heitarô Misawa
1964 Dislikes
1964 Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii Gôzô Tôyama
1964 Gazing at Love and Death
1964 Aoimoku no yome-han Maruhashi Gotaro
1964 I'm a Bodyguard
1964 Monrō no yōna onna
1963 Futari dake no toride
1963 Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963 Tange Sazen
1963 A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963 Double Wedding Noriko's Father
1962 Dolls floating down the river Neighbor
1962 Zoku aizen katsura
1962 Flower in a Storm
1962 An Autumn Afternoon Shuhei Hirayama
1962 Yoru no keisha
1962 Love Under the Crucifix Sokei Nambo
1962 Drunkard's Paradise
1962 The Wiser Age Kinjiro Ishikawa
1962 Four Sisters
1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Hinanmin no Chôrô
1961 The End of Summer Farmer
1961 The Last War Ebara
1961 Door of Flowers
1961 The Youth and His Amulet
1961 A Good Man, A Good Day Ozeki Hitoshi
1961 Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961 Bandits on the Wind
1960 Late Autumn Shukichi Miwa
1960 The Bad Sleep Well Public Prosecutor Nonaka
1960 Master Fencer Sees the World
1960 Spring Dreams Shinichirô Atsumi
1960 The Wandering Princess Kinoshita
1960 Satan's Sword Tsukue
1960 Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother Old man in the park
1960 Internees of Kampili Vice-Admiral Shibata
1960 Only She Knows
1960 Storm on the Silvery Peaks Monk
1959 Love in the Mountains
1959 Good Morning Keitaro Hayashi
1959 Floating Weeds Theatre Owner
1959 Bridge
1959 The Snow Flurry
1959 Farewell to Spring Kôzô's father
1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish Komiya
1959 A Killed Stewardess: White or Black Detective Shiozaki
1959 The White Road Across the River
1958 Equinox Flower Shukichi Mikami
1958 The Rickshaw Man Shigezo Yuki
1958 White Blaze
1958 The Eternal Rainbow Naoji Kageyama
1957 Tokyo Twilight Shukichi Sugiyama
1957 Flying in the Air
1957 The Crowded Train Genroku, the father
1957 The Face Det. Hasegawa
1957 Hearts A-Flutter Shingo Wakasugi
1956 Early Spring Kiichi Onodera
1956 The Storm
1956 Eyes of Children
1955 Striving to Live
1955 She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Masao - Age 73
1955 The Moon Has Risen Asai Mokichi
1955 All is Well Shingo Mori
1955 All is Well 2
1955 Life's Simple Pleasures
1955 The First Kiss Hasegawa
1955 Stray Sheep Professor Hirota
1955 The Refugee
1955 Subarashiki shōtai
1954 Twenty-Four Eyes Otoko Sensei
1954 慶安水滸傳 神尾備前守
1954 Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954 Always in My Heart Part 3
1954 Haru no Wakakusa
1953 Mole Alley
1953 Tokyo Story Shukichi Hirayama
1953 Sisters
1953 Always in My Heart Part 2
1953 Always in My Heart
1953 Love Letter
1953 Aiyoku no sabaki
1953 Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1952 Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952 The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice Sadao Hirayama
1952 Youth of the Son Mr. Uemura
1952 Kare o korosu na
1952 Kyōshū
1952 The Waves
1952 Dôkoku
1951 Early Summer Koichi Mamiya
1951 Carmen Comes Home Principal
1951 Boyhood Father
1951 Home Sweet Home Kosaku Uemura
1951 Freedom School
1951 Fireworks Over the Sea Tarobei Kamiya
1951 The Good Fairy Ryôen Toba
1951 Beauty of Life
1950 The Munekata Sisters Tadachika Munekata
1949 Late Spring Shukichi Somiya
1949 Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949 Forgotten Children
1949 Kekkon Sanjûshi
1948 The Fourth Lady
1948 A Visage to Remember
1948 Great X Chief of police
1948 Children Hand in Hand Mr. Matsumura
1948 A Hen in the Wind Kazuichiro Satake
1948 Living Image
1947 Record of a Tenement Gentleman Tashiro
1947 The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1946 Iki na fûraibô Chôgorô Yamamoto
1946 The Woman Who Holds the Key
1945 Gekimetsu no uta 河上耕造
1945 Otome no iru kichi
1945 Sennichimae fukin
1945 Izu no musumetachi
1945 最後の攘夷党
1944 Army Tomosuke Takagi
1944 Sailor Teacher (uncredited)
1944 The Man Who Has Returned
1943 Kaisen no Zenya
1943 Navy Major Kikuchi
1943 Port of Flowers Nobadama
1943 Our Planes Fly South Teacher Matsuki
1943 Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943 Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1942 There Was a Father Shuhei Horikawa
1942 South Wind
1942 South Wind 2
1941 Let's Go in Good Spirits The Boss
1941 Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family Shojiro's Friend
1941 Ornamental Hairpin Nanmura
1941 Flower
1941 Introspection Tower Mr. Kusama
1940 Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940 Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1939 Mother is Strong
1939 Southern Wind
1939 A Brother and His Younger Sister Seizaburō Utsumi
1939 Spring Thunder
1939 New Woman Question and Answer
1938 Queen of the Wind
1937 Children in the Wind Policeman
1937 A Star Athlete Tani
1937 Don't Tell Your Wife About It George
1937 The Lights of Asakusa Shin'ichi Katori
1937 The Golden Demon Kuranosuke Kazahaya
1937 Song of the Flower Basket Nenkai Hotta
1937 Moon Over the Ruins Conductor
1937 Goodbye to the Front
1936 The Only Son Teacher Okubo
1936 Boy Aviation Pilots
1936 Housewife Camellia
1936 College Is a Nice Place Amano
1936 The New Road: Akemi
1935 An Inn in Tokyo Policeman
1934 Street Without End Yukihiko Chiba
1934 A Mother Should Be Loved Hattori
1934 A Story of Floating Weeds Audience Member
1933 Woman of Tokyo Reporter
1933 Passing Fancy Man on Boat
1933 Dragnet Girl Policeman
1933 Love
1932 Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? Shimazaki
1931 The Lady and the Beard (uncredited)
1930 That Night's Wife Policeman
1930 I Flunked, But... Class mate
1929 Days of Youth Student
1928 Physical Beauty
1928 Couple on the Move
1928 Pumpkin
1928 Wife Lost
1928 Dreams of Youth
Year TV Show Role
1987 An Early Autumn
1980 A-Un
1980 Zoku zoku jiken
1979 Tokyo Suburbia
1978 Haguregumo
1976 The Roads Men Travel Kadomae
1976 Hi no kuni ni 造園主・吉野公平
1969 The Lonely Scalpel
1965 Tamayura 直木良彦
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