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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.

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