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 | 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 |
Series | An Early Autumn | 1987-11-28 | |
Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | 1986-08-02 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | the High Priest | 1986-12-20 |
Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk | 1985-05-15 |
Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985-04-24 |
Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | the High Priest | 1985-08-03 |
Movie | Tampopo | Ramen customer (uncredited) | 1985-11-23 |
Movie | And Then | 1985-11-09 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | the High Priest | 1985-12-28 |
Movie | The Funeral | The priest | 1984-11-17 |
Movie | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | the High Priest | 1984-08-04 |
Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | the High Priest | 1984-12-28 |
Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | the High Priest | 1983-08-06 |
Movie | I Lived, But... | Self | 1983-10-29 |
Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | the High Priest | 1983-12-28 |
Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | the High Priest | 1982-08-07 |
Movie | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
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 | Foster Daddy, Tora! | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
Movie | Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Priest | 1980-08-02 |
Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
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 | Oretachi no toki | 1976-11-06 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Priest | 1976-07-23 |
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 | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
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 | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-28 |
Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | the High Priest | 1972-08-05 |
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 | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
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 | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
Movie | Fight for the Glory | 1969-12-17 | |
Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
Movie | Scrap Collectors | 1968-11-28 | |
Movie | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-12 |
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 Soundless Cry | Tateno | 1965-01-30 |
Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | 1965-01-03 | |
Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-28 |
Movie | Aoimoku no yome-han | Maruhashi Gotaro | 1964-03-29 |
Movie | Dislikes | 1964-03-01 | |
Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
Movie | Gazing at Love and Death | 1964-09-19 | |
Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | 1963-02-09 | |
Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | 1963-08-27 | |
Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
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 | Love Under the Crucifix | Sokei Nambo | 1962-06-03 |
Movie | Four Sisters | 1962-07-01 | |
Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
Movie | Zoku aizen katsura | 1962-10-24 | |
Movie | The Youth and His Amulet | 1961-09-17 | |
Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
Movie | A Good Man, A Good Day | 1961-08-13 | |
Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
Movie | The Last War | Ebara | 1961-10-08 |
Movie | Only She Knows | 1960-04-01 | |
Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-15 |
Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
Movie | The Snow Flurry | 1959-01-03 | |
Movie | Good Morning | Keitaro Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
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 | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
Movie | Eyes of Children | 1956-01-15 | |
Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | The Refugee | 1955-05-03 | |
Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
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 | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | 1953-05-06 | |
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 | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Dôkoku | 1952-10-16 | |
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 | Beauty of Life | 1951-12-07 | |
Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
Movie | Kekkon Sanjûshi | 1949-03-21 | |
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 | Living Image | 1948-10-12 | |
Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
Movie | The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant | 1947-04-01 | |
Movie | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Tashiro | 1947-05-20 |
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 | Navy | Major Kikuchi | 1943-12-08 |
Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
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 | 1941-01-30 | |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Nanmura | 1941-08-26 |
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 | Mother is Strong | 1939-12-17 | |
Movie | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
Movie | Queen of the Wind | 1938-02-17 | |
Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Nenkai Hotta | 1937-01-14 |
Movie | Moon Over the Ruins | Conductor | 1937-01-05 |
Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Shin'ichi Katori | 1937-12-02 |
Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
Movie | A Star Athlete | Tani | 1937-05-01 |
Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
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 | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
Movie | Street Without End | Yukihiko Chiba | 1934-04-26 |
Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Audience Member | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on Boat | 1933-09-07 |
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 |