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Biography
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.
Acted in 289
1990s
- 1997
- 1992
Luminous Moss
Judge
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Until Spring Comes
Movie
- 1988
A Taxing Woman's Return
Former Priest
- 1987
An Early Autumn
TV
Crybaby Chacha
Movie
Carefree Goddesses
Movie
- 1986
花嫁人形は眠らない
TV
- 1985
When Winter Comes
Movie
- 1984
The Funeral
The Priest
- 1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters
Movie
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
Movie
- 1982
When We are Old
Movie
- 1981
- 1980
Zoku zoku jiken
TV
A-Un
TV
1970s
- 1979
Tokyo Suburbia
TV
- 1978
Haguregumo
TV
- 1977
- 1976
Oretachi no toki
Movie
- 1975
Kyukei no Koya
Movie
- 1974
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
Movie
Machi no Hi
Takushoku
- 1973
Miyamoto Musashi
Takuan
Flower and Dragon
Movie
- 1972
- 1971
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Movie
- 1970
The Last Kamikaze
Movie
1960s
- 1969
Fight for the Glory
Movie
The Lonely Scalpel
TV
- 1968
Scrap Collectors
Movie
The Human Bullet
Bookstore Owner
- 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
- 1966
Oyuki
Movie
Come Marry Me
Tamotsu's Grandfather
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Movie
Warm Current
Yasuhide Shima
- 1965
The Soundless Cry
Tateno
The Radish and the Carrot
Movie
- 1964
Gazing at Love and Death
Movie
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Gôzô Tôyama
I'm a Bodyguard
Movie
Dislikes
Movie
- 1963
Tange Sazen
Movie
A Million Girls
Atsufumi Yashiro
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
Movie
Double Wedding
Noriko's Father
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Movie
Futari dake no toride
Movie
Sakiko-san chotto
中川正一
- 1962
Zoku aizen katsura
Movie
Yoru no keisha
Movie
Flower in a Storm
Movie
Dolls floating down the river
Neighbor
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie
The Wiser Age
Kinjiro Ishikawa
- 1961
Bandits on the Wind
Movie
Student Executive
Movie
The Last War
Ebara
The Youth and His Amulet
Movie
A Good Man, A Good Day
Ozeki Hitoshi
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
Movie
Door of Flowers
Movie
- 1960
Satan's Sword
Tsukue
Master Fencer Sees the World
Movie
Internees of Kampili
Vice-Admiral Shibata
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
Movie
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Old man in the park
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Monk
Only She Knows
Movie
Spring Dreams
Shinichirô Atsumi
1950s
- 1959
Love in the Mountains
Movie
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Detective Shiozaki
The White Road Across the River
Movie
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Komiya
Bridge
Movie
The Path Under the Platanes
Ichiro Ishimaru
The Snow Flurry
Movie
- 1958
The Eternal Rainbow
Naoji Kageyama
The College Hero
Professor Fujii
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
Movie
Whirlpool of Flowers
Movie
White Blaze
Movie
- 1957
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
Movie
The Last Escape
Ryu Kinihide
The Crowded Train
Genroku, the father
Flying in the Air
Movie
- 1956
Funny Fellows
Movie
Pure Love
Movie
The Storm
Movie
The Wicked Boy
Movie
Everyone's Sweetheart
Movie
The Invisible 108th Unit
Movie
Eyes of Children
Movie
- 1955
Subarashiki shōtai
Movie
The First Kiss
Hasegawa
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Movie
The Refugee
Movie
The Immortal Pitcher
Movie
All is Well 2
Movie
All is Well
Shingo Mori
The Moon Has Risen
Asai Mokichi
- 1954
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie
Autumn Interlude
Michio
Haru no Wakakusa
Movie
慶安水滸傳
神尾備前守
- 1953
Love Letter
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie
Mole Alley
Movie
Aiyoku no sabaki
Movie
Sisters
Movie
- 1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Movie
Dôkoku
Movie
Kare o korosu na
Movie
Kyōshū
Movie
Youth of the Son
Mr. Uemura
The Waves
Movie
- 1951
Beauty of Life
Movie
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tarobei Kamiya
Boyhood
Father
Freedom School
Movie
Home Sweet Home
Kosaku Uemura
- 1950
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
Movie
Kazanmyaku
Movie
1940s
- 1949
Forgotten Children
Movie
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Movie
Kekkon Sanjûshi
Movie
- 1948
The Fourth Lady
Movie
Living Image
Movie
Great X
Chief of police
A Visage to Remember
Movie
Children Hand in Hand
Mr. Matsumura
The Man of Rumor
藤森甚三
- 1947
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
Movie
- 1946
The Woman Who Holds the Key
Movie
- 1945
Saigo no joito
Movie
The Young Women of Izu
Movie
Otome no iru kichi
Movie
Gekimetsu no uta
河上耕造
- 1944
The Man Who Has Returned
Movie
Sailor
Teacher (uncredited)
- 1943
Navy
Major Kikuchi
Kaisen no Zenya
Movie
- 1942
South Wind 2
Movie
South Wind
Movie
- 1941
Ornamental Hairpin
Nanmura
Flower
Movie
Let's Go in Good Spirits
The Boss
- 1940
Utsukushiki Rinjin
Movie
1930s
- 1939
New Woman Question and Answer
Movie
Spring Thunder
Movie
Southern Wind
Movie
- 1938
Queen of the Wind
Movie
- 1937
The Lights of Asakusa
Shin'ichi Katori
Children in the Wind
Policeman
The Golden Demon
Kuranosuke Kazahaya
A Star Athlete
Tani
- 1936
Housewife Camellia
Movie
Boy Aviation Pilots
Movie
College Is a Nice Place
Amano
- 1935
An Inn in Tokyo
Policeman
- 1934
A Mother Should Be Loved
Hattori
Street Without End
Yukihiko Chiba
- 1933
Love
Movie
Passing Fancy
Man on Boat
Woman of Tokyo
Reporter
- 1932
- 1931
The Lady and the Beard
(uncredited)
- 1930
That Night's Wife
Policeman
I Flunked, But...
Student
1920s
- 1929
- 1928
Pumpkin
Movie
Wife Lost
Movie
Dreams of Youth
Movie
Appearances5
1990s
- 1990
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
1980s
- 1988
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Self
- 1985
Tokyo-Ga
Self
- 1983
I Lived, But...
Self