Chishū Ryū
May 13, 1904 (120 years old) in Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1993 · Talking with Ozu as Self (archival footage)
- 1992 · Tora-san Makes Excuses as
- 1992 · Luminous Moss as Judge
- 1991 · Tora-san Confesses as
- 1991 · Until the End of the World as Mr. Mori
- 1990 · Wim Wenders in Tokyo as Self
- 1990 · Tora-san Takes a Vacation as
- 1990 · Dreams as Old Man
- 1989 · Tora-san, My Uncle as Gozen-sama
- 1989 · Tora-san Goes to Vienna as the High Priest
- 1989 · Until Spring Comes as
- 1988 · Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as Gozen-sama
- 1988 · A Taxing Woman's Return as Former Priest
- 1988 · Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio as Self
- 1987 · Tora-san Plays Daddy as the High Priest
- 1987 · An Early Autumn as
- 1987 · Tora-san Goes North as the High Priest
- 1987 · Crybaby Chacha as
- 1986 · Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy as the High Priest
- 1986 · The Greatest Man in the World as Hermit
- 1986 · Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies as
- 1985 · Tora-san's Island Encounter as the High Priest
- 1985 · And Then as
- 1985 · Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters as A monk
- 1985 · Tora-san, the Go-Between as the High Priest
- 1985 · Tokyo-Ga as Self
- 1985 · When Winter Comes as
- 1984 · Tora-san's Forbidden Love as the High Priest
- 1984 · The Funeral as The priest
- 1984 · Marriage Counselor Tora-san as the High Priest
- 1983 · Tora-san Goes Religious? as the High Priest
- 1983 · Lanterns on Blue Waters as
- 1983 · I Lived, But... as Self
- 1983 · Tora-san's Song of Love as the High Priest
- 1983 · Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu as
- 1982 · Tora-san, the Expert as Gozen-sama
- 1982 · When We are Old as
- 1982 · The Longest Tunnel as Saiji Akutsu
- 1982 · Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san as the High Priest
- 1981 · Tora-san's Promise as Gozen-sama
- 1981 · Tora-san's Love in Osaka as Gozen-sama
- 1980 · Foster Daddy, Tora! as Gozen-sama
- 1980 · Zoku zoku jiken as
- 1980 · Tora-san's Tropical Fever as Priest
- 1980 · A-Un as
- 1979 · Tora-san's Dream of Spring as
- 1979 · Tora-san, the Matchmaker as Gozen-sama
- 1978 · Talk of the Town Tora-san as Gozen-sama
- 1978 · Monument to Holy Service as
- 1978 · Stage-Struck Tora-san as Gozen-sama
- 1978 · Haguregumo as
- 1977 · Tora-san Plays Cupid as Priest
- 1977 · Tora-san Meets His Lordship as Gozensama
- 1976 · Tora-san's Pure Love as Gozen-sama
- 1976 · Oretachi no toki as
- 1976 · Hi no kuni ni as 造園主・吉野公平
- 1976 · Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset as Priest
- 1976 · The Roads Men Travel as Kadomae
- 1975 · Tora-san, the Intellectual as Gozen-sama
- 1975 · Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again as the High Priest
- 1975 · Kyukei no Koya as
- 1974 · Tora-san's Lullaby as Gozen-sama
- 1974 · The Castle of Sand as Kojuro Kirihara
- 1974 · Tora-san's Lovesick as Gozen-sama
- 1974 · Nagare no fu dai ichibu dōran dai ni bu yoake sakuhin jōhō as
- 1974 · Machi no Hi as Takushoku
- 1973 · Tora-san Loves an Artist as
- 1973 · Miyamoto Musashi as Takuan
- 1973 · Flower and Dragon as
- 1973 · Tora-san's Forget Me Not as the High Priest
- 1972 · Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as the High Priest
- 1972 · Home from the Sea as Ishizaki Senzo
- 1972 · Tora-san's Dear Old Home as the High Priest
- 1971 · Tora-san's Love Call as the High Priest
- 1971 · Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as the High Priest
- 1971 · Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho as
- 1971 · Tora-san's Shattered Romance as the High Priest
- 1970 · High-School Outcasts as Instructor Takeyama
- 1970 · The Last Kamikaze as
- 1970 · Where Spring Comes Late as Genzo, So's father
- 1970 · Tora-san's Runaway as High Priest
- 1970 · Tora-san's Grand Scheme as Priest
- 1970 · Tora-san, His Tender Love as High Priest
- 1969 · Fight for the Glory as
- 1969 · Tora-san's Cherished Mother as Gozensama
- 1969 · It's Tough Being a Man as Gozen-sama
- 1969 · Battle of the Japan Sea as General Maresuke Nogi
- 1968 · Scrap Collectors as
- 1968 · The Human Bullet as Bookstore Man
- 1967 · Traveling in Party as
- 1967 · Japan's Longest Day as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
- 1967 · The Black Sheep as
- 1966 · Come Marry Me as Tamotsu's Grandfather
- 1966 · Warm Current as Yasuhide Shima
- 1965 · The Four Loves as Heitarô Misawa
- 1965 · Tamayura as 直木良彦
- 1965 · Red Beard as Mr. Yasumoto
- 1965 · The Soundless Cry as Tateno
- 1965 · The Radish and the Carrot as
- 1964 · Gazing at Love and Death as
- 1964 · Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii as Gôzô Tôyama
- 1964 · I'm a Bodyguard as
- 1964 · Aoimoku no yome-han as Maruhashi Gotaro
- 1964 · Dislikes as
- 1963 · Tange Sazen as
- 1963 · A Prisoner in Search of Daughter as
- 1963 · Double Wedding as Noriko's Father
- 1963 · Futari dake no toride as
- 1963 · Rush to Our Sweetheart as
- 1962 · An Autumn Afternoon as Shuhei Hirayama
- 1962 · Zoku aizen katsura as
- 1962 · Four Sisters as
- 1962 · Yoru no keisha as
- 1962 · Love Under the Crucifix as Sokei Nambo
- 1962 · Flower in a Storm as
- 1962 · Dolls floating down the river as Neighbor
- 1962 · Drunkard's Paradise as
- 1962 · The Wiser Age as Kinjiro Ishikawa
- 1961 · The End of Summer as Farmer
- 1961 · The Last War as Ebara
- 1961 · The Youth and His Amulet as
- 1961 · A Good Man, A Good Day as
- 1961 · Door of Flowers as
- 1961 · The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer as Hinanmin no Chôrô
- 1960 · Late Autumn as Shukichi Miwa
- 1960 · Satan's Sword as Tsukue
- 1960 · Master Fencer Sees the World as
- 1960 · Internees of Kampili as Vice-Admiral Shibata
- 1960 · The Bad Sleep Well as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
- 1960 · Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 as
- 1960 · Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Old man in the park
- 1960 · Storm on the Silvery Peaks as Monk
- 1960 · Only She Knows as
- 1960 · The Wandering Princess as Kinoshita
- 1960 · Spring Dreams as Shinichirô Atsumi
- 1959 · Floating Weeds as Theatre Owner
- 1959 · Love in the Mountains as
- 1959 · A Killed Stewardess: White or Black as Detective Shiozaki
- 1959 · The White Road Across the River as
- 1959 · Good Morning as Keitaro Hayashi
- 1959 · Farewell to Spring as Kôzô's father
- 1959 · I Want to Be a Shellfish as Komiya
- 1959 · Bridge as
- 1959 · The Snow Flurry as
- 1958 · The Eternal Rainbow as Naoji Kageyama
- 1958 · Equinox Flower as Shukichi Mikami
- 1958 · The Rickshaw Man as Shigezo Yuki
- 1958 · White Blaze as
- 1957 · Hearts A-Flutter as Shingo Wakasugi
- 1957 · Tokyo Twilight as Shukichi Sugiyama
- 1957 · The Crowded Train as Genroku, the father
- 1957 · The Face as Det. Hasegawa
- 1957 · Flying in the Air as
- 1956 · The Storm as
- 1956 · Early Spring as Kiichi Onodera
- 1956 · Eyes of Children as
- 1955 · She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum as Masao - Age 73
- 1955 · The First Kiss as Hasegawa
- 1955 · Stray Sheep as Professor Hirota
- 1955 · Life's Simple Pleasures as
- 1955 · The Refugee as
- 1955 · Striving to Live as
- 1955 · All is Well 2 as
- 1955 · All is Well as Shingo Mori
- 1955 · The Moon Has Risen as Asai Mokichi
- 1954 · Twenty-Four Eyes as Otoko Sensei
- 1954 · Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass as
- 1954 · Always in My Heart Part 3 as
- 1954 · Haru no Wakakusa as
- 1954 · 慶安水滸傳 as 神尾備前守
- 1953 · Love Letter as
- 1953 · Always in My Heart Part 2 as
- 1953 · Tokyo Story as Shukichi Hirayama
- 1953 · Always in My Heart as
- 1953 · Mole Alley as
- 1953 · Aiyoku no sabaki as
- 1953 · Sisters as
- 1952 · Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu as
- 1952 · Dôkoku as
- 1952 · The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice as Sadao Hirayama
- 1952 · 彼を殺すな as
- 1952 · Kyōshū as
- 1952 · Youth of the Son as Mr. Uemura
- 1952 · The Waves as
- 1951 · Beauty of Life as
- 1951 · Fireworks Over the Sea as Tarobei Kamiya
- 1951 · Early Summer as Koichi Mamiya
- 1951 · Boyhood as Father
- 1951 · Freedom School as
- 1951 · Carmen Comes Home as Principal
- 1951 · Home Sweet Home as Kosaku Uemura
- 1951 · The Good Fairy as Ryôen Toba
- 1950 · The Munekata Sisters as Tadachika Munekata
- 1949 · Forgotten Children as
- 1949 · Late Spring as Shukichi Somiya
- 1949 · Ishimatsu of the Forest as
- 1949 · Kekkon Sanjûshi as
- 1948 · The Fourth Lady as
- 1948 · Living Image as
- 1948 · A Hen in the Wind as Kazuichiro Satake
- 1948 · Great X as Chief of police
- 1948 · A Visage to Remember as
- 1948 · Children Hand in Hand as Mr. Matsumura
- 1947 · Record of a Tenement Gentleman as Tashiro
- 1947 · The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant as
- 1946 · The Woman Who Holds the Key as
- 1946 · Iki na fûraibô as Chôgorô Yamamoto
- 1945 · Sennichimae fukin as
- 1945 · Izu no musumetachi as
- 1945 · Otome no iru kichi as
- 1945 · Gekimetsu no uta as 河上耕造
- 1944 · Army as Tomosuke Takagi
- 1944 · The Man Who Has Returned as
- 1944 · Sailor as Teacher (uncredited)
- 1943 · Navy as Major Kikuchi
- 1943 · Our Planes Fly South as Teacher Matsuki
- 1943 · Port of Flowers as Nobadama
- 1943 · Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home as
- 1943 · Kaisen no Zenya as
- 1942 · South Wind 2 as
- 1942 · South Wind as
- 1942 · There Was a Father as Shuhei Horikawa
- 1941 · Ornamental Hairpin as Nanmura
- 1941 · Flower as
- 1941 · Let's Go in Good Spirits as The Boss
- 1941 · Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family as Shojiro's Friend
- 1941 · Introspection Tower as Mr. Kusama
- 1940 · Utsukushiki Rinjin as
- 1940 · Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru as
- 1939 · Mother is Strong as
- 1939 · New Woman Question and Answer as
- 1939 · Spring Thunder as
- 1939 · A Brother and His Younger Sister as Seizaburō Utsumi
- 1939 · Southern Wind as
- 1938 · Queen of the Wind as
- 1937 · The Lights of Asakusa as Shin'ichi Katori
- 1937 · Children in the Wind as Policeman
- 1937 · Goodbye to the Front as
- 1937 · The Golden Demon as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
- 1937 · Don't Tell Your Wife About It as George
- 1937 · A Star Athlete as Tani
- 1937 · Song of the Flower Basket as Nenkai Hotta
- 1937 · Moon Over the Ruins as Conductor
- 1936 · The New Road: Akemi as
- 1936 · Housewife Camellia as
- 1936 · The Only Son as Teacher Okubo
- 1936 · Boy Aviation Pilots as
- 1936 · College Is a Nice Place as Amano
- 1935 · An Inn in Tokyo as Policeman
- 1934 · A Story of Floating Weeds as Audience Member
- 1934 · A Mother Should Be Loved as Hattori
- 1934 · Street Without End as Yukihiko Chiba
- 1933 · Love as
- 1933 · Passing Fancy as Man on Boat
- 1933 · Dragnet Girl as Policeman
- 1933 · Woman of Tokyo as Reporter
- 1932 · Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? as Shimazaki
- 1931 · The Lady and the Beard as (uncredited)
- 1930 · That Night's Wife as Policeman
- 1930 · I Flunked, But... as Class mate
- 1929 · Days of Youth as Student
- 1928 · Physical Beauty as
- 1928 · Couple on the Move as
- 1928 · Pumpkin as
- 1928 · Wife Lost as
- 1928 · Dreams of Youth as