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.
Movie | Talking with Ozu | Self (archival footage) | 1993-11-27 |
Movie | Luminous Moss | Judge | 1992-04-25 |
Movie | Tora-san Makes Excuses | 1992-12-26 | |
Movie | Until the End of the World | Mr. Mori | 1991-09-12 |
Movie | Tora-san Confesses | 1991-12-23 | |
Movie | Dreams | Old Man | 1990-05-11 |
Movie | Wim Wenders in Tokyo | Self | 1990-12-31 |
Movie | Tora-san Takes a Vacation | 1990-12-22 | |
Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | the High Priest | 1989-08-05 |
Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Former Priest | 1988-01-15 |
Movie | Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio | Self | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
Movie | Crybaby Chacha | 1987-02-21 | |
Movie | Tora-san Goes North | the High Priest | 1987-08-15 |
Movie | Tora-san Plays Daddy | the High Priest | 1987-12-26 |
Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | 1986-08-02 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | the High Priest | 1986-12-20 |
Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985-04-24 |
Movie | When Winter Comes | 1985-03-30 | |
Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | the High Priest | 1985-08-03 |
Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | the High Priest | 1985-12-28 |
Movie | Tampopo | Ramen customer (uncredited) | 1985-11-23 |
Movie | And Then | 1985-11-09 | |
Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk | 1985-09-20 |
Movie | The Funeral | The priest | 1984-11-17 |
Movie | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | the High Priest | 1984-08-04 |
Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | the High Priest | 1984-12-28 |
Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | the High Priest | 1983-08-06 |
Movie | I Lived, But... | Self | 1983-10-29 |
Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | the High Priest | 1983-12-28 |
Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | the High Priest | 1982-08-07 |
Movie | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
Movie | When We are Old | 1982-11-03 | |
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 |
Series | A-Un | 1980-03-09 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Priest | 1980-08-02 |
Movie | Foster Daddy, Tora! | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
Movie | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 | |
Movie | Talk of the Town Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-12-27 |
Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
Series | Haguregumo | 1978-04-02 | |
Movie | Monument to Holy Service | 1978-09-23 | |
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 |
Series | Hi no kuni ni | 造園主・吉野公平 | 1976-10-04 |
Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
Movie | Oretachi no toki | 1976-11-06 | |
Movie | Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again | the High Priest | 1975-08-19 |
Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Gozen-sama | 1975-12-27 |
Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
Movie | Tora-san's Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
Movie | Tora-san's Forget Me Not | the High Priest | 1973-01-04 |
Movie | Flower and Dragon | 1973-03-17 | |
Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
Movie | Tora-san Loves an Artist | 1973-12-25 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | the High Priest | 1972-08-05 |
Movie | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-28 |
Movie | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | the High Priest | 1972-12-29 |
Movie | Tora-san's Shattered Romance | the High Priest | 1971-01-15 |
Movie | Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho | 1971-03-06 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Love Call | the High Priest | 1971-12-29 |
Movie | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | the High Priest | 1971-04-28 |
Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
Movie | Tora-san's Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | The Last Kamikaze | 1970-10-29 | |
Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
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 | Fight for the Glory | 1969-12-17 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
Movie | Scrap Collectors | 1968-11-28 | |
Movie | Traveling in Party | 1967-11-12 | |
Movie | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-03 |
Movie | Warm Current | Yasuhide Shima | 1966-04-29 |
Movie | Come Marry Me | Tamotsu's Grandfather | 1966-11-20 |
Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | 1965-01-03 | |
Movie | The Soundless Cry | Tateno | 1965-01-30 |
Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Movie | Dislikes | 1964-03-01 | |
Movie | Aoimoku no yome-han | Maruhashi Gotaro | 1964-03-29 |
Movie | Gazing at Love and Death | 1964-09-19 | |
Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | 1963-02-09 | |
Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | 1963-08-27 | |
Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
Movie | Dolls floating down the river | Neighbor | 1962-03-03 |
Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
Movie | Flower in a Storm | 1962-04-01 | |
Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | 1962-02-04 | |
Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sokei Nambo | 1962-06-03 |
Movie | Four Sisters | 1962-07-01 | |
Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
Movie | Zoku aizen katsura | 1962-10-24 | |
Movie | A Good Man, A Good Day | 1961-08-13 | |
Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
Movie | The Youth and His Amulet | 1961-09-17 | |
Movie | The Last War | Ebara | 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 | Only She Knows | 1960-04-01 | |
Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
Movie | Storm on the Silvery Peaks | Monk | 1960-04-29 |
Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-15 |
Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | Master Fencer Sees the World | 1960-10-16 | |
Movie | The Snow Flurry | 1959-01-03 | |
Movie | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Komiya | 1959-04-12 |
Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
Movie | Love in the Mountains | 1959-10-23 | |
Movie | Good Morning | Keitaro Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
Movie | White Blaze | 1958-03-04 | |
Movie | The Rickshaw Man | Shigezo Yuki | 1958-04-21 |
Movie | Equinox Flower | Shukichi Mikami | 1958-09-07 |
Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Naoji Kageyama | 1958-10-28 |
Movie | Flying in the Air | 1957-01-09 | |
Movie | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
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 | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | All is Well | Shingo Mori | 1955-01-29 |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
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 | 慶安水滸傳 | 神尾備前守 | 1954-01-21 |
Movie | Haru no Wakakusa | 1954-01-27 | |
Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
Movie | Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass | 1954-06-08 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | 1954-04-27 | |
Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | 1953-05-06 | |
Movie | Sisters | 1953-04-29 | |
Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | 1953-12-01 | |
Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukichi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
Movie | Youth of the Son | Mr. Uemura | 1952-06-25 |
Movie | Kyōshū | 1952-07-02 | |
Movie | The Waves | 1952-04-03 | |
Movie | 彼を殺すな | 1952-09-11 | |
Movie | Dôkoku | 1952-10-16 | |
Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
Movie | Beauty of Life | 1951-12-07 | |
Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
Movie | Kekkon Sanjûshi | 1949-03-21 | |
Movie | Ishimatsu of the Forest | 1949-06-04 | |
Movie | Forgotten Children | 1949-10-04 | |
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 | Living Image | 1948-10-12 | |
Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
Movie | The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant | 1947-04-01 | |
Movie | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Tashiro | 1947-05-20 |
Movie | Iki na fûraibô | Chôgorô Yamamoto | 1946-02-28 |
Movie | The Woman Who Holds the Key | 1946-08-15 | |
Movie | Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 | |
Movie | Gekimetsu no uta | 河上耕造 | 1945-03-29 |
Movie | Izu no musumetachi | 1945-08-30 | |
Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
Movie | Kaisen no Zenya | 1943-01-14 | |
Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
Movie | Navy | Major Kikuchi | 1943-12-08 |
Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa | 1942-04-01 |
Movie | Introspection Tower | Mr. Kusama | 1941-01-30 |
Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Shojiro's Friend | 1941-03-01 |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Nanmura | 1941-08-26 |
Movie | Let's Go in Good Spirits | The Boss | 1941-05-01 |
Movie | Flower | 1941-07-15 | |
Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | 1940-04-17 | |
Movie | Utsukushiki Rinjin | 1940-05-23 | |
Movie | A Brother and His Younger Sister | Seizaburō Utsumi | 1939-04-01 |
Movie | Spring Thunder | 1939-04-13 | |
Movie | Mother is Strong | 1939-12-17 | |
Movie | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
Movie | Queen of the Wind | 1938-02-17 | |
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 | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Shin'ichi Katori | 1937-12-02 |
Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
Movie | College Is a Nice Place | Amano | 1936-03-19 |
Movie | The Only Son | Teacher Okubo | 1936-09-15 |
Movie | Boy Aviation Pilots | 1936-07-24 | |
Movie | The New Road: Akemi | 1936-11-30 | |
Movie | Housewife Camellia | 1936-10-04 | |
Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Policeman | 1935-11-21 |
Movie | Street Without End | Yukihiko Chiba | 1934-04-26 |
Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Audience Member | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
Movie | Love | 1933-11-09 | |
Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on Boat | 1933-09-07 |
Movie | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Shimazaki | 1932-10-13 |
Movie | The Lady and the Beard | (uncredited) | 1931-02-07 |
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 |
Movie | Dreams of Youth | 1928-04-29 | |
Movie | Wife Lost | 1928-06-15 | |
Movie | Pumpkin | 1928-08-31 | |
Movie | Couple on the Move | 1928-09-28 | |
Movie | Physical Beauty | 1928-12-01 |