- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 13, 1904
- Place of Birth
- Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- March 16, 1993
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieTora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997 · High Priest
movieTora-san Makes Excuses
1992 · High Priest
movieLuminous Moss
1992 · Judge
movieTora-san Confesses
1991 · High Priest
movieUntil the End of the World
1991 · Mr. Mori
movieWim Wenders in Tokyo
1990 · Self
movieTora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 · High Priest
movieMaking of 'Dreams'
1990 · Self
movieDreams
1990 · Old Man
movieTora-san, My Uncle
1989 · Gozen-sama
movieTora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · the High Priest
movieUntil Spring Comes
1989
movieTora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · Gozen-sama
movieA Taxing Woman's Return
1988 · Former Priest
movieChishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988 · Self
movieTora-san Plays Daddy
1987 · the High Priest
tvAn Early Autumn
1987
movieTora-san Goes North
1987 · the High Priest
movieCrybaby Chacha
1987
movieCarefree Goddesses
1987
movieTora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986 · the High Priest
movieThe Greatest Man in the World
1986 · Hermit
movieFinal Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
movieTora-san's Island Encounter
1985 · the High Priest
movieAnd Then
1985 · Toku Nagai
movieMishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · Tayama Dosen
movieTora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · the High Priest
movieTokyo-Ga
1985 · Self
movieWhen Winter Comes
1985
movieTora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 · the High Priest
movieThe Funeral
1984 · The Priest
movieMarriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 · the High Priest
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
movieTora-san Goes Religious?
1983 · the High Priest
movieLanterns on Blue Waters
1983
movieI Lived, But...
1983 · Self
movieTora-san's Song of Love
1983 · the High Priest
movieKita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
movieTora-san, the Expert
1982 · Gozen-sama
movieWhen We are Old
1982
movieThe Longest Tunnel
1982 · Saiji Akutsu
movieHearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · the High Priest
movieTora-san's Promise
1981 · Gozen-sama
movieTora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 · Gozen-sama
movieFoster Daddy, Tora!
1980 · Gozen-sama
tvZoku zoku jiken
1980
movieTora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 · Priest
tvA-Un
1980
movieTora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
movieTora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 · Gozen-sama
tvTokyo Suburbia
1979
movieTalk of the Town Tora-san
1978 · Gozen-sama
movieMonument to Holy Service
1978
movieStage-Struck Tora-san
1978 · Gozen-sama
tvHaguregumo
1978
movieTora-san Plays Cupid
1977 · Priest
movieTora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 · Gozensama
movieTora-san's Pure Love
1976 · Gozen-sama
movieOretachi no toki
1976
tvHi no kuni ni
1976 · 造園主・吉野公平
movieTora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976 · Priest
tvThe Roads Men Travel
1976 · Kadomae
movieTora-san, the Intellectual
1975 · Gozen-sama
movieTora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975 · the High Priest
movieKyukei no Koya
1975
movieTora-san's Lullaby
1974 · Gozen-sama
movieThe Castle of Sand
1974 · Kojuro Kirihara
movieTora-san's Lovesick
1974 · Gozen-sama
movieNagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
movieMachi no Hi
1974 · Takushoku
movieTora-san Loves an Artist
1973
movieMiyamoto Musashi
1973 · Takuan
movieKigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973 · 巨匠
movieFlower and Dragon
1973
movieTora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 · the High Priest
movieTora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 · The High Priest
movieHome from the Sea
1972 · Ishizaki Senzo
movieTora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 · the High Priest
movieTora-san's Love Call
1971 · the High Priest
movieTora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 · the High Priest
movieOtoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
movieTora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · the High Priest
movieHigh-School Outcasts
1970 · Instructor Takeyama
movieThe Last Kamikaze
1970
movieWhere Spring Comes Late
1970 · Genzo, So's father
movieTora-san's Runaway
1970 · High Priest
movieTora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 · Priest
movieTora-san, His Tender Love
1970 · High Priest
movieFight for the Glory
1969
movieTora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 · Gozensama
movieTora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 · Gozen-sama
movieBattle of the Japan Sea
1969 · General Maresuke Nogi
tvThe Lonely Scalpel
1969
Through Days and Months
1969
movieScrap Collectors
1968
movieThe Human Bullet
1968 · Bookstore Owner
movieTraveling in Party
1967
movieJapan's Longest Day
1967 · Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
movieThe Black Sheep
1967
movieOyuki
1966
movieCome Marry Me
1966 · Tamotsu's Grandfather
movieOhana han: Dai ni bu
1966
movieWarm Current
1966 · Yasuhide Shima
movieThe Four Loves
1965 · Heitarô Misawa
tvTamayura
1965 · 直木良彦
movieRed Beard
1965 · Mr. Yasumoto
movieThe Soundless Cry
1965 · Tateno
movieThe Radish and the Carrot
1965
movieGazing at Love and Death
1964
movieLet's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964 · Gôzô Tôyama
movieI'm a Bodyguard
1964
movieBlue Eyed Bride
1964 · Maruhashi Gotaro
movieDislikes
1964
movieMonrō no yōna onna
1964
movieTange Sazen
1963
movieA Million Girls
1963 · Atsufumi Yashiro
movieA Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
movieDouble Wedding
1963 · Noriko's Father
movieThe House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
movieFutari dake no toride
1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
movieSakiko-san chotto
1963 · 中川正一
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Shuhei Hirayama
movieZoku aizen katsura
1962
movieFour Sisters
1962
movieYoru no keisha
1962
movieLove Under the Crucifix
1962 · Sokei Nambo
movieFlower in a Storm
1962
movieDolls floating down the river
1962 · Neighbor
movieDrunkard's Paradise
1962
movieThe Wiser Age
1962 · Kinjiro Ishikawa
movieBandits on the Wind
1961
movieStudent Executive
1961
movieThe End of Summer
1961 · Farmer
movieThe Last War
1961 · Ebara
movieThe Youth and His Amulet
1961
movieA Good Man, A Good Day
1961 · Ozeki Hitoshi
movieShin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
movieDoor of Flowers
1961
movieThe Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · Hinanmin no Chôrô
movieLate Autumn
1960 · Shukichi Miwa
movieSatan's Sword
1960 · Tsukue
movieMaster Fencer Sees the World
1960
movieInternees of Kampili
1960 · Vice-Admiral Shibata
movieThe Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Public Prosecutor Nonaka
movieSalaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
movieSalaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
movieDaughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Old man in the park
movieStorm on the Silvery Peaks
1960 · Monk
movieOnly She Knows
1960
movieThe Wandering Princess
1960 · Kinoshita
movieSpring Dreams
1960 · Shinichirô Atsumi
movieFloating Weeds
1959 · Theatre Owner
movieLove in the Mountains
1959
movieA Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959 · Detective Shiozaki
movieThe White Road Across the River
1959
movieGood Morning
1959 · Keitaro Hayashi
movieFarewell to Spring
1959 · Kôzô's father
movieI Want to Be a Shellfish
1959 · Komiya
movieBridge
1959
movieThe Path Under the Platanes
1959 · Ichiro Ishimaru
movieThe Snow Flurry
1959
movieThe Eternal Rainbow
1958 · Naoji Kageyama
movieThe College Hero
1958 · Professor Fujii
movieEquinox Flower
1958 · Shukichi Mikami
movieThe Rickshaw Man
1958 · Toyozo Yuki
movieWhirlpool of Flowers
1958
movieWhite Blaze
1958
Hearts A-Flutter
1957 · Shingo Wakasugi
movieThe Last Escape
1957 · Ryu Kinihide
movieTokyo Twilight
1957 · Shukichi Sugiyama
movieThe Crowded Train
1957 · Genroku, the father
movieThe Face
1957 · Det. Hasegawa
movieFlying in the Air
1957
moviePure Love
1956
movieThe Storm
1956
movieThe Wicked Boy
1956
movieThe Invisible 108th Unit
1956
movieEarly Spring
1956 · Kiichi Onodera
movieEyes of Children
1956
movieShe Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955 · Masao - Age 73
movieSubarashiki shōtai
1955
movieThe First Kiss
1955 · Hasegawa
Stray Sheep
1955 · Professor Hirota
movieSalaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
movieThe Refugee
1955
movieThe Immortal Pitcher
1955
movieStriving to Live
1955
movieAll is Well 2
1955
movieAll is Well
1955 · Shingo Mori
movieThe Moon Has Risen
1955 · Asai Mokichi
movieTwenty-Four Eyes
1954 · Otoko Sensei
movie新婚たくあん夫婦
1954 · 品川夏堂
movieYouth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
movieAlways in My Heart Part 3
1954
movieAutumn Interlude
1954 · Michio
movieHaru no Wakakusa
1954
movie慶安水滸傳
1954 · 神尾備前守
movieLove Letter
1953
movieAlways in My Heart Part 2
1953
movieTokyo Story
1953 · Shukichi Hirayama
movieAlways in My Heart
1953
movieMole Alley
1953
movieAiyoku no sabaki
1953
movieSisters
1953
movieJinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
movieJinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
movieDôkoku
1952
movieThe Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · Sadao Hirayama
movieKare o korosu na
1952
movieKyōshū
1952
movieYouth of the Son
1952 · Mr. Uemura
movieThe Waves
1952
movieBeauty of Life
1951
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Tarobei Kamiya
movieEarly Summer
1951 · Koichi Mamiya
movieBoyhood
1951 · Father
movieFreedom School
1951
movieCarmen Comes Home
1951 · Principal
movieHome Sweet Home
1951 · Kosaku Uemura
movieThe Good Fairy
1951 · Ryôen Toba
movieThe Munekata Sisters
1950 · Tadachika Munekata
movieForgotten Children
1949
movieLate Spring
1949 · Shukichi Somiya
movieIshimatsu of the Forest
1949
movieKekkon Sanjûshi
1949
movieThe Fourth Lady
1948
movieLiving Image
1948
movieA Hen in the Wind
1948 · Kazuichiro Satake
movieGreat X
1948 · Chief of police
movieA Visage to Remember
1948
movieChildren Hand in Hand
1948 · Mr. Matsumura
movieThe Man of Rumor
1948 · 藤森甚三
movieRecord of a Tenement Gentleman
1947 · Tashiro
movieThe Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
movieThe Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Iki na fûraibô
1946 · Chôgorô Yamamoto
movieSaigo no joito
1945
Sennichimae fukin
1945
movieThe Young Women of Izu
1945
movieOtome no iru kichi
1945
movieGekimetsu no uta
1945 · 河上耕造
movieArmy
1944 · Tomosuke Takagi
movieThe Man Who Has Returned
1944
movieSailor
1944 · Teacher (uncredited)
movieNavy
1943 · Major Kikuchi
movieOur Planes Fly South
1943 · Teacher Matsuki
moviePort of Flowers
1943 · Nobadama
movieAir Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
movieThree Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
movieKaisen no Zenya
1943
movieSouth Wind 2
1942
movieSouth Wind
1942
movieThere Was a Father
1942 · Shuhei Horikawa
movieOrnamental Hairpin
1941 · Nanmura
movieFlower
1941
movieLet's Go in Good Spirits
1941 · The Boss
movieBrothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Shojiro's Friend
movieIntrospection Tower
1941 · Mr. Kusama
movieUtsukushiki Rinjin
1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1940
movieMother is Strong
1939
movieNew Woman Question and Answer
1939
movieSpring Thunder
1939
movieA Brother and His Younger Sister
1939 · Seizaburō Utsumi
movieSouthern Wind
1939
movieQueen of the Wind
1938
movieThe Lights of Asakusa
1937 · Shin'ichi Katori
movieChildren in the Wind
1937 · Policeman
Goodbye to the Front
1937
movieThe Golden Demon
1937 · Kuranosuke Kazahaya
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937 · George
movieA Star Athlete
1937 · Tani
movieSong of the Flower Basket
1937 · Nenkai Hotta
Moon Over the Ruins
1937 · Conductor
movieThe New Road: Akemi
1936
movieHousewife Camellia
1936
movieThe Only Son
1936 · Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
movieBoy Aviation Pilots
1936
movieCollege Is a Nice Place
1936 · Amano
movieAn Inn in Tokyo
1935 · Policeman
movieA Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
movieA Mother Should Be Loved
1934 · Hattori
movieStreet Without End
1934 · Yukihiko Chiba
movieLove
1933
moviePassing Fancy
1933 · Man on Boat
movieDragnet Girl
1933 · Policeman
movieWoman of Tokyo
1933 · Reporter
movieWhere Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932 · Shimazaki
movieI Was Born, But...
1932 · Home movie projectionist
movieThe Lady and the Beard
1931 · (uncredited)
movieThat Night's Wife
1930 · Policeman
movieI Flunked, But...
1930 · Student
movieDays of Youth
1929 · Student
moviePhysical Beauty
1928
Couple on the Move
1928
moviePumpkin
1928
movieWife Lost
1928
movieDreams of Youth
1928