Chishū Ryū
Acting·May 13, 1904·† March 16, 1993 — 88 years old·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).
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Known For
Tokyo Story
1953·8.2
Dreams
1990·7.8
Late Spring
1949·8.0
Red Beard
1965·8.2
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985·7.8
An Autumn Afternoon
1962·7.9
Good Morning
1959·7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960·7.7
Until the End of the World
1991·6.7
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961·8.4
Early Summer
1951·7.9
Floating Weeds
1959·7.5
Filmography · 299
1997Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special VersionHigh Priest1992Tora-san Makes ExcusesHigh Priest1992Luminous MossJudge1991Tora-san ConfessesHigh Priest1991Until the End of the WorldMr. Mori1990Wim Wenders in TokyoSelf1990Tora-san Takes a VacationHigh Priest1990Making of 'Dreams'Self1990DreamsOld Man1989Tora-san, My UncleGozen-sama1989Tora-san Goes to Viennathe High Priest1989Until Spring Comes1988Tora-san's Salad-Day MemorialGozen-sama1988A Taxing Woman's ReturnFormer Priest1988Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna StudioSelf1987Tora-san Plays Daddythe High Priest1987An Early AutumnTV1987Tora-san Goes Norththe High Priest1987Crybaby Chacha1987Carefree Goddesses1986Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasythe High Priest1986The Greatest Man in the WorldHermit1986Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1985Tora-san's Island Encounterthe High Priest1985And ThenToku Nagai1985Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersTayama Dosen1985Tora-san, the Go-Betweenthe High Priest1985Tokyo-GaSelf1985When Winter Comes1984Tora-san's Forbidden Lovethe High Priest1984The FuneralThe Priest1984Marriage Counselor Tora-santhe High Priest1984Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!1983Tora-san Goes Religious?the High Priest1983Lanterns on Blue Waters1983I Lived, But...Self1983Tora-san's Song of Lovethe High Priest1983Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu1982Tora-san, the ExpertGozen-sama1982When We are Old1982The Longest TunnelSaiji Akutsu1982Hearts and Flowers for Tora-santhe High Priest1981Tora-san's PromiseGozen-sama1981Tora-san's Love in OsakaGozen-sama1980Foster Daddy, Tora!Gozen-sama1980Zoku zoku jikenTV1980Tora-san's Tropical FeverPriest1980A-UnTV1979Tora-san's Dream of Spring1979Tora-san, the MatchmakerGozen-sama1979Tokyo SuburbiaTV1978Talk of the Town Tora-sanGozen-sama1978Monument to Holy Service1978Stage-Struck Tora-sanGozen-sama1978HaguregumoTV1977Tora-san Plays CupidPriest1977Tora-san Meets His LordshipGozensama1976Tora-san's Pure LoveGozen-sama1976Oretachi no toki1976Hi no kuni niTV造園主・吉野公平1976Tora-san's Sunrise and SunsetPriest1976The Roads Men TravelTVKadomae1975Tora-san, the IntellectualGozen-sama1975Tora-san Meets the Songstress Againthe High Priest1975Kyukei no Koya1974Tora-san's LullabyGozen-sama1974The Castle of SandKojuro Kirihara1974Tora-san's LovesickGozen-sama1974Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn1974Machi no HiTakushoku1973Tora-san Loves an Artist1973Miyamoto MusashiTakuan1973Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro巨匠1973Flower and Dragon1973Tora-san's Forget Me Notthe High Priest1972Tora-san's Dream-Come-TrueThe High Priest1972Home from the SeaIshizaki Senzo1972Tora-san's Dear Old Homethe High Priest1971Tora-san's Love Callthe High Priest1971Tora-san, the Good Samaritanthe High Priest1971Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho1971Tora-san's Shattered Romancethe High Priest1970High-School OutcastsInstructor Takeyama1970The Last Kamikaze1970Where Spring Comes LateGenzo, So's father1970Tora-san's RunawayHigh Priest1970Tora-san's Grand SchemePriest1970Tora-san, His Tender LoveHigh Priest1969Fight for the Glory1969Tora-san's Cherished MotherGozensama1969Tora-san, Our Lovable TrampGozen-sama1969Battle of the Japan SeaGeneral Maresuke Nogi1969The Lonely ScalpelTV1969Through Days and Months1968Scrap Collectors1968The Human BulletBookstore Owner1967Traveling in Party1967Japan's Longest DayPrime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki1967The Black Sheep1966Oyuki1966Come Marry MeTamotsu's Grandfather1966Ohana han: Dai ni bu1966Warm CurrentYasuhide Shima1965The Four LovesHeitarô Misawa1965TamayuraTV直木良彦1965Red BeardMr. Yasumoto1965The Soundless CryTateno1965The Radish and the Carrot1964Gazing at Love and Death1964Let's Dance Bon-Odori in HawaiiGôzô Tôyama1964I'm a Bodyguard1964Blue Eyed BrideMaruhashi Gotaro1964Dislikes1964Monrō no yōna onna1963Tange Sazen1963A Million GirlsAtsufumi Yashiro1963A Prisoner in Search of Daughter1963Double WeddingNoriko's Father1963The House Where Flowers Bloom1963Futari dake no toride1963Rush to Our Sweetheart1963Sakiko-san chotto中川正一1962An Autumn AfternoonShuhei Hirayama1962Zoku aizen katsura1962Four Sisters1962Yoru no keisha1962Love Under the CrucifixSokei Nambo1962Flower in a Storm1962Dolls floating down the riverNeighbor1962Drunkard's Paradise1962The Wiser AgeKinjiro Ishikawa1961Bandits on the Wind1961Student Executive1961The End of SummerFarmer1961The Last WarEbara1961The Youth and His Amulet1961A Good Man, A Good DayOzeki Hitoshi1961Shin Jinsei Gekijo1961Door of Flowers1961The Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerHinanmin no Chôrô1960Late AutumnShukichi Miwa1960Satan's SwordTsukue1960Master Fencer Sees the World1960Internees of KampiliVice-Admiral Shibata1960The Bad Sleep WellPublic Prosecutor Nonaka1960Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband1960Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face1960Daughters, Wives and a MotherOld man in the park1960Storm on the Silvery PeaksMonk1960Only She Knows1960The Wandering PrincessKinoshita1960Spring DreamsShinichirô Atsumi1959Floating WeedsTheatre Owner1959Love in the Mountains1959A Killed Stewardess: White or BlackDetective Shiozaki1959The White Road Across the River1959Good MorningKeitaro Hayashi1959Farewell to SpringKôzô's father1959I Want to Be a ShellfishKomiya1959Bridge1959The Path Under the PlatanesIchiro Ishimaru1959The Snow Flurry1958The Eternal RainbowNaoji Kageyama1958The College HeroProfessor Fujii1958Equinox FlowerShukichi Mikami1958The Rickshaw ManToyozo Yuki1958Whirlpool of Flowers1958White Blaze1957Hearts A-FlutterShingo Wakasugi1957The Last EscapeRyu Kinihide1957Tokyo TwilightShukichi Sugiyama1957The Crowded TrainGenroku, the father1957The FaceDet. Hasegawa1957Flying in the Air1956Pure Love1956The Storm1956The Wicked Boy1956The Invisible 108th Unit1956Early SpringKiichi Onodera1956Eyes of Children1955She Was Like a Wild ChrysanthemumMasao - Age 731955Subarashiki shōtai1955The First KissHasegawa1955Stray SheepProfessor Hirota1955Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei1955The Refugee1955The Immortal Pitcher1955Striving to Live1955All is Well 21955All is WellShingo Mori1955The Moon Has RisenAsai Mokichi1954Twenty-Four EyesOtoko Sensei1954新婚たくあん夫婦品川夏堂1954Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass1954Always in My Heart Part 31954Autumn InterludeMichio1954Haru no Wakakusa1954慶安水滸傳神尾備前守1953Love Letter1953Always in My Heart Part 21953Tokyo StoryShukichi Hirayama1953Always in My Heart1953Mole Alley1953Aiyoku no sabaki1953Sisters1953Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu1952Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu1952Dôkoku1952The Flavor of Green Tea Over RiceSadao Hirayama1952Kare o korosu na1952Kyōshū1952Youth of the SonMr. Uemura1952The Waves1951Beauty of Life1951Fireworks Over the SeaTarobei Kamiya1951Early SummerKoichi Mamiya1951BoyhoodFather1951Freedom School1951Carmen Comes HomePrincipal1951Home Sweet HomeKosaku Uemura1951The Good FairyRyôen Toba1950The Munekata SistersTadachika Munekata1949Forgotten Children1949Late SpringShukichi Somiya1949Ishimatsu of the Forest1949Kekkon Sanjûshi1948The Fourth Lady1948Living Image1948A Hen in the WindKazuichiro Satake1948Great XChief of police1948A Visage to Remember1948Children Hand in HandMr. Matsumura1948The Man of Rumor藤森甚三1947Record of a Tenement GentlemanTashiro1947The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant1946The Woman Who Holds the Key1946Iki na fûraibôChôgorô Yamamoto1945Saigo no joito1945Sennichimae fukin1945The Young Women of Izu1945Otome no iru kichi1945Gekimetsu no uta河上耕造1944ArmyTomosuke Takagi1944The Man Who Has Returned1944SailorTeacher (uncredited)1943NavyMajor Kikuchi1943Our Planes Fly SouthTeacher Matsuki1943Port of FlowersNobadama1943Air Raid of the Enemy Plane1943Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home1943Kaisen no Zenya1942South Wind 21942South Wind1942There Was a FatherShuhei Horikawa1941Ornamental HairpinNanmura1941Flower1941Let's Go in Good SpiritsThe Boss1941Brothers and Sisters of the Toda FamilyShojiro's Friend1941Introspection TowerMr. Kusama1940Utsukushiki Rinjin1940Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru1939Mother is Strong1939New Woman Question and Answer1939Spring Thunder1939A Brother and His Younger SisterSeizaburō Utsumi1939Southern Wind1938Queen of the Wind1937The Lights of AsakusaShin'ichi Katori1937Children in the WindPoliceman1937Goodbye to the Front1937The Golden DemonKuranosuke Kazahaya1937Don't Tell Your Wife About ItGeorge1937A Star AthleteTani1937Song of the Flower BasketNenkai Hotta1937Moon Over the RuinsConductor1936The New Road: Akemi1936Housewife Camellia1936The Only SonOkubo, Ryosuke's teacher1936Boy Aviation Pilots1936College Is a Nice PlaceAmano1935An Inn in TokyoPoliceman1934A Story of Floating WeedsShouting Audience Member (uncredited)1934A Mother Should Be LovedHattori1934Street Without EndYukihiko Chiba1933Love1933Passing FancyMan on Boat1933Dragnet GirlPoliceman1933Woman of TokyoReporter1932Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?Shimazaki1932I Was Born, But...Home movie projectionist1931The Lady and the Beard(uncredited)1930That Night's WifePoliceman1930I Flunked, But...Student1929Days of YouthStudent1928Physical Beauty1928Couple on the Move1928Pumpkin1928Wife Lost1928Dreams of Youth