image of Chishū Ryū
Birthday: May 13, 1904
Place of Birth: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Chishū Ryū

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.​

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