About

Known credits:
269
Birthday:
1904-05-13
Place of birth:
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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Chishū Ryū

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1993 Talking with Ozu Actor Self (archival footage) 59
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1992 Tora-san Makes Excuses Actor 59
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1992 Luminous Moss Actor Judge 58
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1991 Tora-san Confesses Actor 59
Average
1991 Until the End of the World Actor Mr. Mori 61
Fair
1990 Wim Wenders in Tokyo Actor Self N/A
N/A
1990 Tora-san Takes a Vacation Actor 58
Average
1990 Dreams Actor Old Man 67
Fair
1989 Tora-san, My Uncle Actor Gozen-sama 59
Average
1989 Tora-san Goes to Vienna Actor the High Priest 59
Average
1989 Until Spring Comes Actor N/A
N/A
1988 Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Actor Gozen-sama N/A
N/A
1988 A Taxing Woman's Return Actor Former Priest 59
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1988 Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio Actor Self 59
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1987 Tora-san Plays Daddy Actor the High Priest 59
Average
1987 An Early Autumn Actor N/A
N/A
1987 Tora-san Goes North Actor the High Priest 59
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1987 Crybaby Chacha Actor N/A
N/A
1986 Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy Actor the High Priest 59
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1986 The Greatest Man in the World Actor Hermit N/A
N/A
1986 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies Actor 59
Average
1985 Tora-san's Island Encounter Actor the High Priest 59
Average
1985 And Then Actor 59
Average
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Actor A monk 65
Fair
1985 Tora-san, the Go-Between Actor the High Priest 59
Average
1985 Tokyo-Ga Actor Self 60
Fair
1985 When Winter Comes Actor N/A
N/A
1984 Tora-san's Forbidden Love Actor the High Priest 59
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1984 The Funeral Actor The priest 60
Fair
1984 Marriage Counselor Tora-san Actor the High Priest 59
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1983 Tora-san Goes Religious? Actor the High Priest 59
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1983 Lanterns on Blue Waters Actor 58
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1983 I Lived, But... Actor Self 59
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1983 Tora-san's Song of Love Actor the High Priest 59
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1983 Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu Actor N/A
N/A
1982 Tora-san, the Expert Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1982 When We are Old Actor N/A
N/A
1982 The Longest Tunnel Actor Saiji Akutsu N/A
N/A
1982 Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Actor the High Priest 59
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1981 Tora-san's Promise Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1981 Tora-san's Love in Osaka Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1980 Foster Daddy, Tora! Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1980 Tora-san's Tropical Fever Actor Priest 59
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1980 A-Un Actor N/A
N/A
1979 Tora-san's Dream of Spring Actor 59
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1979 Tora-san, the Matchmaker Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1979 Tokyo Suburbia Actor N/A
N/A
1978 Talk of the Town Tora-san Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1978 Monument to Holy Service Actor N/A
N/A
1978 Stage-Struck Tora-san Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1977 Tora-san Plays Cupid Actor Priest 59
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1977 Tora-san Meets His Lordship Actor Gozensama 59
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1976 Tora-san's Pure Love Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1976 Oretachi no toki Actor N/A
N/A
1976 Hi no kuni ni Actor 造園主・吉野公平 N/A
N/A
1976 Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset Actor Priest 59
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1975 Tora-san, the Intellectual Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1975 Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again Actor the High Priest 59
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1975 Kyukei no Koya Actor N/A
N/A
1974 Tora-san's Lullaby Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1974 The Castle of Sand Actor Kojuro Kirihara 60
Fair
1974 Tora-san's Lovesick Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1974 Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn Actor N/A
N/A
1974 Machi no Hi Actor Takushoku N/A
N/A
1973 Tora-san Loves an Artist Actor 59
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1973 Miyamoto Musashi Actor Takuan 59
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1973 Flower and Dragon Actor 59
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1973 Tora-san's Forget Me Not Actor the High Priest 59
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1972 Tora-san's Dream-Come-True Actor the High Priest 59
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1972 Home from the Sea Actor Ishizaki Senzo 59
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1972 Tora-san's Dear Old Home Actor the High Priest 59
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1971 Tora-san's Love Call Actor the High Priest 59
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1971 Tora-san, the Good Samaritan Actor the High Priest 59
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1971 Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho Actor N/A
N/A
1971 Tora-san's Shattered Romance Actor the High Priest 59
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1970 High-School Outcasts Actor Instructor Takeyama N/A
N/A
1970 The Last Kamikaze Actor 58
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1970 Where Spring Comes Late Actor Genzo, So's father 59
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1970 Tora-san's Runaway Actor High Priest 59
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1970 Tora-san's Grand Scheme Actor Priest 59
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1970 Tora-san, His Tender Love Actor High Priest 59
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1969 Fight for the Glory Actor N/A
N/A
1969 Tora-san's Cherished Mother Actor Gozensama 59
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1969 It's Tough Being a Man Actor Gozen-sama 59
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1969 Battle of the Japan Sea Actor General Maresuke Nogi 58
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1968 Scrap Collectors Actor N/A
N/A
1968 The Human Bullet Actor Bookstore Man 59
Average
1967 Traveling in Party Actor 59
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1967 Japan's Longest Day Actor Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki 59
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1967 The Black Sheep Actor N/A
N/A
1966 Oyuki Actor N/A
N/A
1966 Come Marry Me Actor Tamotsu's Grandfather 58
Average
1966 Warm Current Actor Yasuhide Shima N/A
N/A
1965 The Four Loves Actor Heitarô Misawa N/A
N/A
1965 Tamayura Actor 直木良彦 N/A
N/A
1965 Red Beard Actor Mr. Yasumoto 68
Fair
1965 The Soundless Cry Actor Tateno 59
Average
1965 The Radish and the Carrot Actor 58
Average
1964 Gazing at Love and Death Actor 58
Average
1964 Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii Actor Gôzô Tôyama 58
Average
1964 I'm a Bodyguard Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Aoimoku no yome-han Actor Maruhashi Gotaro N/A
N/A
1964 Dislikes Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Tange Sazen Actor N/A
N/A
1963 A Prisoner in Search of Daughter Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Double Wedding Actor Noriko's Father N/A
N/A
1963 Futari dake no toride Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Rush to Our Sweetheart Actor N/A
N/A
1962 An Autumn Afternoon Actor Shuhei Hirayama 65
Fair
1962 Zoku aizen katsura Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Four Sisters Actor 58
Average
1962 Yoru no keisha Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Love Under the Crucifix Actor Sokei Nambo 59
Average
1962 Flower in a Storm Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Dolls floating down the river Actor Neighbor N/A
N/A
1962 Drunkard's Paradise Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Wiser Age Actor Kinjiro Ishikawa 59
Average
1961 The End of Summer Actor Farmer 61
Fair
1961 The Last War Actor Ebara 58
Average
1961 The Youth and His Amulet Actor N/A
N/A
1961 A Good Man, A Good Day Actor Ozeki Hitoshi N/A
N/A
1961 Shin Jinsei Gekijo Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Door of Flowers Actor N/A
N/A
1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Actor Hinanmin no Chôrô 65
Fair
1960 Late Autumn Actor Shukichi Miwa 63
Fair
1960 Satan's Sword Actor Tsukue 59
Average
1960 Master Fencer Sees the World Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Internees of Kampili Actor Vice-Admiral Shibata N/A
N/A
1960 The Bad Sleep Well Actor Public Prosecutor Nonaka 64
Fair
1960 Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother Actor Old man in the park 59
Average
1960 Storm on the Silvery Peaks Actor Monk N/A
N/A
1960 Only She Knows Actor N/A
N/A
1960 The Wandering Princess Actor Kinoshita 59
Average
1960 Spring Dreams Actor Shinichirô Atsumi 59
Average
1959 Floating Weeds Actor Theatre Owner 63
Fair
1959 Love in the Mountains Actor N/A
N/A
1959 A Killed Stewardess: White or Black Actor Detective Shiozaki N/A
N/A
1959 The White Road Across the River Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Good Morning Actor Keitaro Hayashi 65
Fair
1959 Farewell to Spring Actor Kôzô's father 59
Average
1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish Actor Komiya N/A
N/A
1959 Bridge Actor N/A
N/A
1959 The Snow Flurry Actor 59
Average
1958 The Eternal Rainbow Actor Naoji Kageyama 59
Average
1958 Equinox Flower Actor Shukichi Mikami 62
Fair
1958 The Rickshaw Man Actor Shigezo Yuki 59
Average
1958 White Blaze Actor N/A
N/A
1957 Hearts A-Flutter Actor Shingo Wakasugi N/A
N/A
1957 Tokyo Twilight Actor Shukichi Sugiyama 62
Fair
1957 The Crowded Train Actor Genroku, the father 58
Average
1957 The Face Actor Det. Hasegawa N/A
N/A
1957 Flying in the Air Actor N/A
N/A
1956 The Storm Actor 59
Average
1956 Early Spring Actor Kiichi Onodera 61
Fair
1956 Eyes of Children Actor N/A
N/A
1955 She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Actor Masao - Age 73 59
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1955 Subarashiki shōtai Actor N/A
N/A
1955 The First Kiss Actor Hasegawa 59
Average
1955 Stray Sheep Actor Professor Hirota N/A
N/A
1955 Life's Simple Pleasures Actor N/A
N/A
1955 The Refugee Actor N/A
N/A
1955 Striving to Live Actor N/A
N/A
1955 All is Well 2 Actor N/A
N/A
1955 All is Well Actor Shingo Mori N/A
N/A
1955 The Moon Has Risen Actor Asai Mokichi 59
Average
1954 Twenty-Four Eyes Actor Otoko Sensei 61
Fair
1954 Always in My Heart Part 3 Actor 58
Average
1954 Haru no Wakakusa Actor N/A
N/A
1954 慶安水滸傳 Actor 神尾備前守 N/A
N/A
1953 Love Letter Actor 59
Average
1953 Always in My Heart Part 2 Actor 58
Average
1953 Tokyo Story Actor Shukichi Hirayama 74
Good
1953 Always in My Heart Actor 58
Average
1953 Mole Alley Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Aiyoku no sabaki Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Sisters Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Dôkoku Actor N/A
N/A
1952 The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice Actor Sadao Hirayama 61
Fair
1952 Kare o korosu na Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Kyōshū Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Youth of the Son Actor Mr. Uemura 58
Average
1952 The Waves Actor 58
Average
1951 Beauty of Life Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Fireworks Over the Sea Actor Tarobei Kamiya 58
Average
1951 Early Summer Actor Koichi Mamiya 63
Fair
1951 Boyhood Actor Father 59
Average
1951 Freedom School Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Home Sweet Home Actor Kosaku Uemura 59
Average
1951 Carmen Comes Home Actor Principal 59
Average
1951 The Good Fairy Actor Ryôen Toba 59
Average
1950 The Munekata Sisters Actor Tadachika Munekata 59
Average
1949 Forgotten Children Actor N/A
N/A
1949 Late Spring Actor Shukichi Somiya 68
Fair
1949 Ishimatsu of the Forest Actor N/A
N/A
1949 Kekkon Sanjûshi Actor N/A
N/A
1948 The Fourth Lady Actor N/A
N/A
1948 Living Image Actor N/A
N/A
1948 A Hen in the Wind Actor Kazuichiro Satake 59
Average
1948 Great X Actor Chief of police N/A
N/A
1948 A Visage to Remember Actor 59
Average
1948 Children Hand in Hand Actor Mr. Matsumura N/A
N/A
1947 Record of a Tenement Gentleman Actor Tashiro 60
Fair
1947 The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant Actor 58
Average
1946 The Woman Who Holds the Key Actor N/A
N/A
1946 Iki na fûraibô Actor Chôgorô Yamamoto N/A
N/A
1945 最後の攘夷党 Actor N/A
N/A
1945 Sennichimae fukin Actor N/A
N/A
1945 Izu no musumetachi Actor N/A
N/A
1945 Otome no iru kichi Actor N/A
N/A
1945 Gekimetsu no uta Actor 河上耕造 N/A
N/A
1944 Army Actor Tomosuke Takagi 59
Average
1944 The Man Who Has Returned Actor N/A
N/A
1944 Sailor Actor Teacher (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1943 Navy Actor Major Kikuchi N/A
N/A
1943 Our Planes Fly South Actor Teacher Matsuki N/A
N/A
1943 Port of Flowers Actor Nobadama 59
Average
1943 Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home Actor N/A
N/A
1943 Kaisen no Zenya Actor N/A
N/A
1942 South Wind 2 Actor N/A
N/A
1942 South Wind Actor N/A
N/A
1942 There Was a Father Actor Shuhei Horikawa 60
Fair
1941 Ornamental Hairpin Actor Nanmura 59
Average
1941 Flower Actor N/A
N/A
1941 Let's Go in Good Spirits Actor The Boss N/A
N/A
1941 Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family Actor Shojiro's Friend 59
Average
1941 Introspection Tower Actor Mr. Kusama 59
Average
1940 Utsukushiki Rinjin Actor N/A
N/A
1940 Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru Actor N/A
N/A
1939 Mother is Strong Actor N/A
N/A
1939 New Woman Question and Answer Actor 59
Average
1939 Spring Thunder Actor N/A
N/A
1939 A Brother and His Younger Sister Actor Seizaburō Utsumi 58
Average
1939 Southern Wind Actor N/A
N/A
1938 Queen of the Wind Actor N/A
N/A
1937 The Lights of Asakusa Actor Shin'ichi Katori 59
Average
1937 Children in the Wind Actor Policeman 59
Average
1937 Goodbye to the Front Actor N/A
N/A
1937 The Golden Demon Actor Kuranosuke Kazahaya 59
Average
1937 Don't Tell Your Wife About It Actor George 59
Average
1937 A Star Athlete Actor Tani 59
Average
1937 Song of the Flower Basket Actor Nenkai Hotta N/A
N/A
1937 Moon Over the Ruins Actor Conductor 58
Average
1936 The New Road: Akemi Actor 59
Average
1936 Housewife Camellia Actor N/A
N/A
1936 The Only Son Actor Teacher Okubo 61
Fair
1936 Boy Aviation Pilots Actor N/A
N/A
1936 College Is a Nice Place Actor Amano N/A
N/A
1935 An Inn in Tokyo Actor Policeman 59
Average
1934 A Story of Floating Weeds Actor Audience Member 59
Average
1934 A Mother Should Be Loved Actor Hattori 58
Average
1934 Street Without End Actor Yukihiko Chiba 58
Average
1933 Love Actor N/A
N/A
1933 Passing Fancy Actor Man on Boat 59
Average
1933 Dragnet Girl Actor Policeman 59
Average
1933 Woman of Tokyo Actor Reporter 59
Average
1932 Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? Actor Shimazaki 59
Average
1931 The Lady and the Beard Actor (uncredited) 59
Average
1930 That Night's Wife Actor Policeman 59
Average
1930 I Flunked, But... Actor Class mate 58
Average
1929 Days of Youth Actor Student 59
Average
1928 Physical Beauty Actor N/A
N/A
1928 Couple on the Move Actor N/A
N/A
1928 Pumpkin Actor N/A
N/A
1928 Wife Lost Actor N/A
N/A
1928 Dreams of Youth Actor N/A
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Otoko wa Tsurai yo series Actor Gozen-Sama N/A
N/A