Chishū Ryū
Born: 1904-05-13
• 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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Filmography
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Luminous Moss
Tora-san Confesses
Until the End of the World
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Making of 'Dreams'
Dreams
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Until Spring Comes
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
A Taxing Woman's Return
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Tora-san Goes North
Crybaby Chacha
Carefree Goddesses
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
The Greatest Man in the World
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Tora-san's Island Encounter
And Then
And Then
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Tokyo-Ga
When Winter Comes
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
The Funeral
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
No Image
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Lanterns on Blue Waters
I Lived, But...
Tora-san's Song of Love
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
Tora-san, the Expert
When We are Old
The Longest Tunnel
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Tora-san's Promise
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Monument to Holy Service
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san's Pure Love
Oretachi no toki
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Kyukei no Koya
Tora-san's Lullaby
The Castle of Sand
Tora-san's Lovesick
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
Machi no Hi
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Miyamoto Musashi
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
Flower and Dragon
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Home from the Sea
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Tora-san's Love Call
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
High-School Outcasts
The Last Kamikaze
Where Spring Comes Late
Tora-san's Runaway
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Fight for the Glory
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Battle of the Japan Sea
No Image
Through Days and Months
Scrap Collectors
The Human Bullet
Traveling in Party
Japan's Longest Day
The Black Sheep
Oyuki
Come Marry Me
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Warm Current
The Four Loves
Red Beard
The Soundless Cry
The Radish and the Carrot