
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 | Tora-san Takes a Vacation | 1990-12-22 | |
Movie | Wim Wenders in Tokyo | Self | 1990-12-31 |
Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | the High Priest | 1989-08-05 |
Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
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 | A Taxing Woman's Return | Former Priest | 1988-01-15 |
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 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk | 1985-09-20 |
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 | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | the High Priest | 1984-08-04 |
Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | the High Priest | 1984-12-28 |
Movie | The Funeral | The Priest | 1984-11-17 |
Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | the High Priest | 1983-08-06 |
Movie | I Lived, But... | Self | 1983-10-29 |
Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | the High Priest | 1983-12-28 |
Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
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 |
Series | Tokyo Suburbia | 1979-04-13 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 | |
Series | Haguregumo | 1978-04-02 | |
Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
Movie | Monument to Holy Service | 1978-09-23 | |
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 |
Series | Hi no kuni ni | 造園主・吉野公平 | 1976-10-04 |
Movie | Oretachi no toki | 1976-11-06 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
Movie | Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again | the High Priest | 1975-08-19 |
Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Gozen-sama | 1975-12-27 |
Movie | Tora-san's Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
Movie | Machi no Hi | Takushoku | 1974-04-27 |
Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
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, the Good Samaritan | the High Priest | 1971-04-28 |
Movie | Tora-san's Love Call | the High Priest | 1971-12-29 |
Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
Movie | Tora-san's Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
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 | 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 | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-03 |
Movie | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
Movie | Traveling in Party | 1967-11-12 | |
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 | I'm a Bodyguard | 1964-05-16 | |
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 | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
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 | Four Sisters | 1962-07-01 | |
Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sokei Nambo | 1962-06-03 |
Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
Movie | Zoku aizen katsura | 1962-10-24 | |
Movie | A Good Man, A Good Day | Ozeki Hitoshi | 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 | Storm on the Silvery Peaks | Monk | 1960-04-29 |
Movie | Only She Knows | 1960-04-01 | |
Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-19 |
Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
Movie | Master Fencer Sees the World | 1960-10-16 | |
Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Komiya | 1959-04-12 |
Movie | The Snow Flurry | 1959-01-03 | |
Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
Movie | Love in the Mountains | 1959-10-23 | |
Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
Movie | Good Morning | Keitaro Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
Movie | A Killed Stewardess: White or Black | Detective Shiozaki | 1959-10-06 |
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 | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
Movie | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
Movie | Flying in the Air | 1957-01-09 | |
Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
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 Refugee | 1955-05-03 | |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
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 | Always in My Heart Part 3 | 1954-04-27 | |
Movie | Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass | 1954-06-08 | |
Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | 1953-05-06 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
Movie | Sisters | 1953-04-29 | |
Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukichi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | 1953-12-01 | |
Movie | Youth of the Son | Mr. Uemura | 1952-06-25 |
Movie | Kyōshū | 1952-07-02 | |
Movie | The Waves | 1952-04-03 | |
Movie | Kare o korosu na | 1952-09-11 | |
Movie | Dôkoku | 1952-10-16 | |
Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
Movie | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
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 | Ishimatsu of the Forest | 1949-06-04 | |
Movie | Kekkon Sanjûshi | 1949-03-21 | |
Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
Movie | Forgotten Children | 1949-10-04 | |
Movie | A Visage to Remember | 1948-04-04 | |
Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
Movie | Children Hand in Hand | Mr. Matsumura | 1948-03-30 |
Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
Movie | Living Image | 1948-10-12 | |
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 | Gekimetsu no uta | 河上耕造 | 1945-03-29 |
Movie | Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 | |
Movie | Izu no musumetachi | 1945-08-30 | |
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 | Kaisen no Zenya | 1943-01-14 | |
Movie | Navy | Major Kikuchi | 1943-12-08 |
Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa | 1942-04-01 |
Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Shojiro's Friend | 1941-03-01 |
Movie | Introspection Tower | Mr. Kusama | 1941-01-30 |
Movie | Let's Go in Good Spirits | The Boss | 1941-05-01 |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Nanmura | 1941-08-26 |
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 | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
Movie | Mother is Strong | 1939-12-17 | |
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 | The Lights of Asakusa | Shin'ichi Katori | 1937-12-02 |
Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
Movie | Moon Over the Ruins | Conductor | 1937-01-05 |
Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
Movie | College Is a Nice Place | Amano | 1936-03-19 |
Movie | Boy Aviation Pilots | 1936-07-24 | |
Movie | Housewife Camellia | 1936-10-04 | |
Movie | The Only Son | Teacher Okubo | 1936-09-15 |
Movie | The New Road: Akemi | 1936-11-30 | |
Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Policeman | 1935-11-21 |
Movie | Street Without End | Yukihiko Chiba | 1934-04-26 |
Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Audience Member | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on Boat | 1933-09-07 |
Movie | Love | 1933-11-09 | |
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 | Couple on the Move | 1928-09-28 | |
Movie | Physical Beauty | 1928-12-01 | |
Movie | Pumpkin | 1928-08-31 |