Chishū Ryū
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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Movies (299)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997 · 御前样
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992 · 御前样
Luminous Moss
1992 · Judge
Tora-san Confesses
1991 · 御前样
Until the End of the World
1991 · Mr. Mori
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990 · Self
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 · 御前样
Making of 'Dreams'
1990 · Self
Dreams
1990 · Old Man
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989 · 御前样
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · 御前样
Until Spring Comes
1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · 御前样
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988 · Former Priest
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988 · Self
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 · 御前样
Tora-san Goes North
1987 · The High Priest
Crybaby Chacha
1987
Carefree Goddesses
1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986 · 御前样
The Greatest Man in the World
1986 · Hermit
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 · 御前样
And Then
1985 · Toku Nagai
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · A Monk (uncredited)
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · 御前样
Tokyo-Ga
1985 · Self
When Winter Comes
1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 · 御前样
The Funeral
1984 · The Priest
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 · 御前样
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 · 御前样
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
I Lived, But...
1983 · Self
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 · 御前样
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 · 御前样
When We are Old
1982
The Longest Tunnel
1982 · Saiji Akutsu
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · 御前样
Tora-san's Promise
1981 · 御前样
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 · 御前样
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980 · 御前样
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 · 御前样
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 · 御前样
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 · 御前样
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 · 御前样
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978 · 御前样
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977 · 御前样
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 · 御前样
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · 御前样
Oretachi no toki
1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976 · 御前样
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975 · 御前样
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975 · 御前样
Kyukei no Koya
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974 · 御前样
The Castle of Sand
1974 · Kojuro Kirihara
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 · 御前样
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Machi no Hi
1974 · Takushoku
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973 · 御前样
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 · Takuan
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973 · 巨匠
Flower and Dragon
1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 · 御前样
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 · 御前样
Home from the Sea
1972 · Ishizaki Senzo
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 · 御前样
Tora-san's Love Call
1971 · 御前样
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 · 御前样
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · 御前样
High-School Outcasts
1970 · Instructor Takeyama
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 · Genzo, So's father
Tora-san's Runaway
1970 · 御前样
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 · 御前样
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 · 御前样
Fight for the Glory
1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 · 御前样
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 · 御前样
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 · General Maresuke Nogi
Through Days and Months
1969
Scrap Collectors
1968
The Human Bullet
1968 · Bookstore Owner
Traveling in Party
1967
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
The Black Sheep
1967
Oyuki
1966
Come Marry Me
1966 · Tamotsu's Grandfather
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Warm Current
1966 · Yasuhide Shima
The Four Loves
1965 · Heitarô Misawa
Red Beard
1965 · Mr. Yasumoto
The Soundless Cry
1965 · Tateno
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964 · Gôzô Tôyama
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Blue Eyed Bride
1964 · Maruhashi Gotaro
Dislikes
1964
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Tange Sazen
1963
A Million Girls
1963 · Atsufumi Yashiro
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
Double Wedding
1963 · Noriko's Father
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Futari dake no toride
1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
Sakiko-san chotto
1963 · 中川正一
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Shuhei Hirayama
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Four Sisters
1962
Yoru no keisha
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962 · Sokei Nambo
Flower in a Storm
1962
Dolls floating down the river
1962 · Neighbor
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
The Wiser Age
1962 · Kinjiro Ishikawa
Bandits on the Wind
1961
Student Executive
1961
The End of Summer
1961 · Farmer
The Last War
1961 · Ebara
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961 · Ozeki Hitoshi
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
Door of Flowers
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · Hinanmin no Chôrô
Late Autumn
1960 · Shukichi Miwa
Satan's Sword
1960 · Tsukue
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Internees of Kampili
1960 · Vice-Admiral Shibata
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Old man in the park
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960 · Monk
Only She Knows
1960
The Wandering Princess
1960 · Kinoshita
Spring Dreams
1960 · Shinichirô Atsumi
Floating Weeds
1959 · Theatre Owner
Love in the Mountains
1959
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959 · Detective Shiozaki
The White Road Across the River
1959
Good Morning
1959 · Keitaro Hayashi
Farewell to Spring
1959 · Kôzô's father
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959 · Komiya
Bridge
1959
The Path Under the Platanes
1959 · Ichiro Ishimaru
The Snow Flurry
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
1958 · Naoji Kageyama
The College Hero
1958 · Professor Fujii
Equinox Flower
1958 · Shukichi Mikami
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958 · Toyozo Yuki
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
White Blaze
1958
Hearts A-Flutter
1957 · Shingo Wakasugi
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 · Ryu Kinihide
Tokyo Twilight
1957 · Shukichi Sugiyama
The Crowded Train
1957 · Genroku, the father
The Face
1957 · Det. Hasegawa
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 · Kiichi Onodera
Eyes of Children
1956
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955 · Masao - Age 73
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
The First Kiss
1955 · Hasegawa
Stray Sheep
1955 · Professor Hirota
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
The Refugee
1955
The Immortal Pitcher
1955
Striving to Live
1955
All is Well 2
1955
All is Well
1955 · Shingo Mori
The Moon Has Risen
1955 · Asai Mokichi
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954 · Otoko Sensei
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954 · 品川夏堂
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Autumn Interlude
1954 · Michio
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
慶安水滸傳
1954 · 神尾備前守
Love Letter
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Tokyo Story
1953 · Shukichi Hirayama
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 · Sadao Hirayama
Kare o korosu na
1952
Kyōshū
1952
Youth of the Son
1952 · Mr. Uemura
The Waves
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Tarobei Kamiya
Early Summer
1951 · Koichi Mamiya
Boyhood
1951 · Father
Freedom School
1951
Carmen Comes Home
1951 · Principal
Home Sweet Home
1951 · Kosaku Uemura
The Good Fairy
1951 · Ryôen Toba
The Actress and the Detective
1950
The Munekata Sisters
1950 · Tadachika Munekata
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
Kazanmyaku
1950
Forgotten Children
1949
Late Spring
1949 · Shukichi Somiya
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
The Fourth Lady
1948
Living Image
1948
A Hen in the Wind
1948 · Kazuichiro Satake
A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948
Great X
1948 · Chief of police
A Visage to Remember
1948
Children Hand in Hand
1948 · Mr. Matsumura
The Man of Rumor
1948 · 藤森甚三
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947 · Tashiro
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Iki na fûraibô
1946 · Chôgorô Yamamoto
Saigo no joito
1945
Sennichimae fukin
1945
The Young Women of Izu
1945
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
1945 · 河上耕造
Army
1944 · Tomosuke Takagi
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
Sailor
1944 · Teacher (uncredited)
Navy
1943 · Major Kikuchi
Our Planes Fly South
1943 · Teacher Matsuki
Port of Flowers
1943 · Nobadama
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 · Shuhei Horikawa
Ornamental Hairpin
1941 · Nanmura
Flower
1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941 · The Boss
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Shojiro's Friend
Introspection Tower
1941 · Mr. Kusama
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 · Seizaburō Utsumi
Southern Wind
1939
Queen of the Wind
1938
The Lights of Asakusa
1937 · Shin'ichi Katori
Children in the Wind
1937 · Policeman
Goodbye to the Front
1937
The Golden Demon
1937 · Kuranosuke Kazahaya
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937 · George
A Star Athlete
1937 · Tani
Song of the Flower Basket
1937 · Nenkai Hotta
Moon Over the Ruins
1937 · Conductor
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Housewife Camellia
1936
The Only Son
1936 · Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
College Is a Nice Place
1936 · Amano
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 · Policeman
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934 · Hattori
Street Without End
1934 · Yukihiko Chiba
Love
1933
Passing Fancy
1933 · Man on Boat
Dragnet Girl
1933 · Policeman
Woman of Tokyo
1933 · Reporter
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932 · Shimazaki
I Was Born, But...
1932 · Home movie projectionist
The Lady and the Beard
1931 · (uncredited)
That Night's Wife
1930 · Policeman
I Flunked, But...
1930 · Student
Days of Youth
1929 · Student
Physical Beauty
1928
Couple on the Move
1928
Pumpkin
1928
Wife Lost
1928
Dreams of Youth
1928
