Chishū Ryū

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Acting

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.​

Filmography

• 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)
• Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro (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)
• Through Days and Months (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 Million Girls (1963)
• A Prisoner in Search of Daughter (1963)
• Double Wedding (1963)
• The House Where Flowers Bloom (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)
• Student Executive (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)
• Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband (1960)
• Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face (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)
• Kuchibue o fuku wataridori (1958)
• The Rickshaw Man (1958)
• Whirlpool of Flowers (1958)
• White Blaze (1958)
• Hearts A-Flutter (1957)
• The Story of Zenta and Sanpei in the Ghost World (1957)
• The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind (1957)
• The Last Escape (1957)
• Tokyo Twilight (1957)
• The Crowded Train (1957)
• The Face (1957)
• Flying in the Air (1957)
• Funny Fellows (1956)
• Pure Love (1956)
• The Storm (1956)
• The Wicked Boy (1956)
• Everyone's Sweetheart (1956)
• The Invisible 108th Unit (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)
• Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei (1955)
• The Refugee (1955)
• The Immortal Pitcher (1955)
• Striving to Live (1955)
• All is Well 2 (1955)
• All is Well (1955)
• The Moon Has Risen (1955)
• Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
• 新婚たくあん夫婦 (1954)
• Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass (1954)
• Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
• Autumn Interlude (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 Actress and the Detective (1950)
• The Munekata Sisters (1950)
• Escape Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
• Kazanmyaku (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)
• A Woman Who Convicts Men (1948)
• Great X (1948)
• A Visage to Remember (1948)
• Children Hand in Hand (1948)
• The Man of Rumor (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)
• Saigo no joito (1945)
• Sennichimae fukin (1945)
• The Young Women of Izu (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)