Ryu Chishu
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.
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- Born:
- May 13, 1904 In Kumamoto, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 140
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Days of Youth 1929-04-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie Tora-san Makes Excuses 1992-12-26
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Tora-san Makes Excuses | 1992-12-26 | |
| Movie | Luminous Moss | Judge | 1992-04-25 |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Mr. Mori | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | Dreams | Old Man | 1990-05-11 |
| Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
| Movie | Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio | Interviewee | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Daddy | Gozen-sama | 1987-12-26 |
| Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | Unknown | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | Gozen-sama | 1986-12-20 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | Gozen-sama | 1985-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | Gozen-sama | 1985-08-03 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Himself | 1985-04-24 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk (uncredited) | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | The Funeral | The priest | 1984-11-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | Unknown | 1984-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | Gozen-sama | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | I Lived, But... | Himself | 1983-10-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | Priest | 1983-12-28 |
| Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
| Movie | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
| Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1982-08-07 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Expert | Gozen-sama | 1982-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love in Osaka | Gozen-sama | 1981-08-08 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Promise | Gozen-sama | 1981-12-28 |
| Movie | Foster Daddy, Tora! | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
| Movie | Talk of the Town Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Gozensama | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Cupid | Priest | 1977-12-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Priest | 1976-07-23 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Oretachi no toki | 1976-11-06 | |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Gozen-sama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forget Me Not | Gozen-sama | 1973-01-04 |
| Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
| Movie | Flower and Dragon | 1973-03-17 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | Gozen-sama | 1972-08-05 |
| Movie | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love Call | Gozen-sama | 1971-12-29 |
| Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Unknown | 1970-10-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | 1970-10-29 | |
| Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | General Maresuke Nogi | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | It's Tough Being a Man | Gozen-sama | 1969-08-27 |
| Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
| Movie | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | Traveling in Party | Unknown | 1967-11-12 |
| Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | Unknown | 1965-01-03 |
| Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
| Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | 1963-02-09 | |
| Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | 1962-02-04 | |
| Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
| Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sôkei Nambô | 1962-06-03 |
| Movie | Four Sisters | 1962-07-01 | |
| Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
| Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
| Movie | The Last War | Unknown | 1961-10-08 |
| Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
| Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
| Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
| Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
| Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-15 |
| Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
| Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
| Movie | The Snow Flurry | 1959-01-03 | |
| Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | Good Morning | Keitarô Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
| Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
| Movie | Equinox Flower | Shukichi Mikami | 1958-09-07 |
| Movie | The Rickshaw Man | Shigezo Yuki | 1958-04-21 |
| Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Naoji Kageyama | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
| Movie | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
| Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
| Movie | Eyes of Children | 1956-01-15 | |
| Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
| Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
| Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
| Movie | The Refugee | 1955-05-03 | |
| Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | 1954-04-27 | |
| Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukishi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | 1953-12-01 | |
| Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
| Movie | The Waves | 1952-04-03 | |
| Movie | Youth of the Son | 1952-06-25 | |
| Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
| Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
| Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
| Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
| Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
| Movie | Children Hand in Hand | Mr. Matsumura | 1948-03-30 |
| Movie | A Visage to Remember | 1948-04-04 | |
| Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
| Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
| Movie | The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant | Unknown | 1947-04-01 |
| Movie | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Tashiro | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
| Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
| Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa, le père | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Friend | 1941-03-01 |
| Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Osamura | 1941-08-26 |
| Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | 1940-04-17 | |
| Movie | A Star Athlete | Tani | 1937-05-01 |
| Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Nenkai Hotta | 1937-01-14 |
| Movie | Moon Over the Ruins | Conductor | 1937-01-05 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
| Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Unknown | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
| Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
| Movie | Goodbye to the Front | Unknown | 1937-08-24 |
| Movie | The Only Son | Professor Ookubo | 1936-09-15 |
| Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Police man | 1935-11-21 |
| Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Shouting audience member | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
| Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
| Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on boat | 1933-09-07 |
| Movie | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Shimazaki | 1932-10-13 |
| Movie | I Flunked, But... | Class mate | 1930-04-11 |
| Movie | That Night's Wife | Policeman | 1930-07-06 |
| Movie | Days of Youth | student | 1929-04-13 |