Chishū Ryū
Acting
Born May 13, 1904 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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.
Films (276)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
Luminous Moss
1992
Tora-san Confesses
1991
Until the End of the World
1991
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
Dreams
1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Until Spring Comes
1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Crybaby Chacha
1987
Carefree Goddesses
1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
And Then
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
Tokyo-Ga
1985
When Winter Comes
1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
The Funeral
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
I Lived, But...
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
When We are Old
1982
The Longest Tunnel
1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
Tora-san's Promise
1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Oretachi no toki
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
Kyukei no Koya
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
The Castle of Sand
1974
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Machi no Hi
1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
Flower and Dragon
1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
Home from the Sea
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
High-School Outcasts
1970
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
Fight for the Glory
1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
Scrap Collectors
1968
The Human Bullet
1968
Traveling in Party
1967
Japan's Longest Day
1967
The Black Sheep
1967
Oyuki
1966
Come Marry Me
1966
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Warm Current
1966
The Four Loves
1965
Red Beard
1965
The Soundless Cry
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Blue Eyed Bride
1964
Dislikes
1964
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Tange Sazen
1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
Double Wedding
1963
Futari dake no toride
1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Four Sisters
1962
Yoru no keisha
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Flower in a Storm
1962
Dolls floating down the river
1962
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
Bandits on the Wind
1961
The End of Summer
1961
The Last War
1961
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
Door of Flowers
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Late Autumn
1960
Satan's Sword
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Internees of Kampili
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
Only She Knows
1960
The Wandering Princess
1960
Spring Dreams
1960
Floating Weeds
1959
Love in the Mountains
1959
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959
The White Road Across the River
1959
Good Morning
1959
Farewell to Spring
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
Bridge
1959
The Path Under the Platanes
1959
The Snow Flurry
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
The College Hero
1958
Equinox Flower
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958
White Blaze
1958
Hearts A-Flutter
1957
Tokyo Twilight
1957
The Crowded Train
1957
The Face
1957
Flying in the Air
1957
The Storm
1956
The Wicked Boy
1956
Early Spring
1956
Eyes of Children
1956
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
The First Kiss
1955
Stray Sheep
1955
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
The Refugee
1955
Striving to Live
1955
All is Well 2
1955
All is Well
1955
The Moon Has Risen
1955
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
慶安水滸傳
1954
Love Letter
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Tokyo Story
1953
Always in My Heart
1953
Mole Alley
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Sisters
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Dôkoku
1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Kare o korosu na
1952
Kyōshū
1952
Youth of the Son
1952
The Waves
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Early Summer
1951
Boyhood
1951
Freedom School
1951
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Home Sweet Home
1951
The Good Fairy
1951
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Forgotten Children
1949
Late Spring
1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
The Fourth Lady
1948
Living Image
1948
A Hen in the Wind
1948
Great X
1948
A Visage to Remember
1948
Children Hand in Hand
1948
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Iki na fûraibô
1946
最後の攘夷党
1945
Sennichimae fukin
1945
Izu no musumetachi
1945
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
1945
Army
1944
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
Sailor
1944
Navy
1943
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Port of Flowers
1943
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
South Wind 2
1942
South Wind
1942
There Was a Father
1942
Ornamental Hairpin
1941
Flower
1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941
Introspection Tower
1941
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1940
Mother is Strong
1939
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
Spring Thunder
1939
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939
Southern Wind
1939
Queen of the Wind
1938
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
Children in the Wind
1937
Goodbye to the Front
1937
The Golden Demon
1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937
A Star Athlete
1937
Song of the Flower Basket
1937
Moon Over the Ruins
1937
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Housewife Camellia
1936
The Only Son
1936
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
College Is a Nice Place
1936
An Inn in Tokyo
1935
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
Street Without End
1934
Love
1933
Passing Fancy
1933
Dragnet Girl
1933
Woman of Tokyo
1933
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932
I Was Born, But...
1932
The Lady and the Beard
1931
That Night's Wife
1930
I Flunked, But...
1930
Days of Youth
1929
Physical Beauty
1928
Couple on the Move
1928
Pumpkin
1928
Wife Lost
1928
Dreams of Youth
1928