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Chishū Ryū

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

Born

May 13, 1904

Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Died

Mar 16, 1993

Known For

Acting

Movies

290 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.2

Known For

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 as Shukichi Hirayama
★ 8.2
Red Beard
Red Beard
1965 as Mr. Yasumoto
★ 8.1
Dreams
Dreams
1990 as Old Man
★ 7.7
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 as Tayama Dosen
★ 7.8
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 as Shukichi Somiya
★ 8.0
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 as Hinanmin no Chôrô
★ 8.4
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
★ 7.7
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 as Shuhei Hirayama
★ 7.9
Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World
1991 as Mr. Mori
★ 6.7
Good Morning
Good Morning
1959 as Keitaro Hayashi
★ 7.7
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
★ 7.3
Late Autumn
Late Autumn
1960 as Shukichi Miwa
★ 7.7
The Castle of Sand
The Castle of Sand
1974 as Kojuro Kirihara
★ 7.4
The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters
1950 as Tadachika Munekata
★ 7.1
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 as Sadao Hirayama
★ 7.5
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight
1957 as Shukichi Sugiyama
★ 7.7
A Hen in the Wind
A Hen in the Wind
1948 as Kazuichiro Satake
★ 7.1
Early Summer
Early Summer
1951 as Koichi Mamiya
★ 7.9
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 as General Maresuke Nogi
★ 6.5
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 as Kiichi Onodera
★ 7.5
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981 as Gozen-sama
★ 9.0
Woman of Tokyo
Woman of Tokyo
1933 as Reporter
★ 6.8
The Longest Tunnel
The Longest Tunnel
1982 as Saiji Akutsu
★ 10.0
The Funeral
The Funeral
1984 as The Priest
★ 7.1
Tokyo-Ga
Tokyo-Ga
1985 as Self
★ 7.1
The End of Summer
The End of Summer
1961 as Farmer
★ 7.5
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds
1959 as Theatre Owner
★ 7.5
Tora-san Goes North
Tora-san Goes North
1987 as the High Priest
★ 9.0
Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954 as Otoko Sensei
★ 7.7
The Only Son
The Only Son
1936 as Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
★ 7.4
Equinox Flower
Equinox Flower
1958 as Shukichi Mikami
★ 7.4
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 as the High Priest
★ 7.7
Dragnet Girl
Dragnet Girl
1933 as Policeman
★ 6.7
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 as the High Priest
★ 7.7
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984 as the High Priest
★ 8.0
Tora-san's Runaway
Tora-san's Runaway
1970 as High Priest
★ 8.0
The Rickshaw Man
The Rickshaw Man
1958 as Toyozo Yuki
★ 7.2
There Was a Father
There Was a Father
1942 as Shuhei Horikawa
★ 7.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 as the High Priest
★ 8.0
I Want to Be a Shellfish
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959 as Komiya
★ 10.0
The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy
1951 as Ryôen Toba
★ 5.8
Love Letter
★ 6.9
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.3
Army
Army
1944 as Tomosuke Takagi
★ 6.8
Children Hand in Hand
Children Hand in Hand
1948 as Mr. Matsumura
★ 7.0
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
★ 7.2
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 as Old man in the park
★ 7.3
Flower and Dragon
★ 10.0
The Human Bullet
The Human Bullet
1968 as Bookstore Man
★ 5.9
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969 as Gozen-sama
★ 7.9
movie
★ 9.0
A Story of Floating Weeds
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 as Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 as Shojiro's Friend
★ 6.9
Passing Fancy
Passing Fancy
1933 as Man on Boat
★ 6.6
The Last War
The Last War
1961 as Ebara
★ 6.6
Luminous Moss
Luminous Moss
1992 as Judge
★ 6.2
I Was Born, But...
I Was Born, But...
1932 as Home movie projectionist
★ 7.6
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 as the High Priest
★ 8.7
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.3
The Crowded Train
The Crowded Train
1957 as Genroku, the father
★ 6.8
Tora-san's Pure Love
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 as Gozen-sama
★ 9.3
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 as Gozensama
★ 6.8
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
★ 8.5
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992 as High Priest
★ 8.0
Come Marry Me
Come Marry Me
1966 as Tamotsu's Grandfather
★ 7.0
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home
1951 as Kosaku Uemura
★ 6.8
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955 as Masao - Age 73
★ 7.0
The Four Loves
The Four Loves
1965 as Heitarô Misawa
A Taxing Woman's Return
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988 as Former Priest
★ 6.4
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 as Takuan
★ 7.3
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.0
Four Sisters
★ 6.0
An Inn in Tokyo
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 as Policeman
★ 7.1
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977 as Gozensama
★ 8.8
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985 as the High Priest
★ 8.3
Tora-san, the Expert
Tora-san, the Expert
1982 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.7
Love Under the Crucifix
Love Under the Crucifix
1962 as Sokei Nambo
★ 7.1
慶安水滸傳
慶安水滸傳
1954 as 神尾備前守
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 as the High Priest
★ 8.0
The Last Kamikaze
★ 7.0
The Moon Has Risen
The Moon Has Risen
1955 as Asai Mokichi
★ 6.9
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986 as the High Priest
★ 7.3
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 as the High Priest
★ 8.3
The Storm
★ 8.5
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 as High Priest
★ 7.4
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990 as High Priest
★ 7.7
The Soundless Cry
The Soundless Cry
1965 as Tateno
★ 9.0
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987 as the High Priest
★ 8.3
Dreams of Youth
★ 10.0
Where Spring Comes Late
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 as Genzo, So's father
★ 7.7
The Wiser Age
The Wiser Age
1962 as Kinjiro Ishikawa
★ 7.3
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
★ 6.5
A Good Man, A Good Day
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961 as Ozeki Hitoshi
Internees of Kampili
Internees of Kampili
1960 as Vice-Admiral Shibata
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 as the High Priest
★ 8.0
And Then
And Then
1985 as Toku Nagai
★ 7.1
And Then
★ 7.1
Tora-san's Promise
Tora-san's Promise
1981 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.7
Eyes of Children
★ 6.7
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 as the High Priest
★ 8.4
Carmen Comes Home
Carmen Comes Home
1951 as Principal
★ 6.3
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 as Priest
★ 7.7
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
★ 8.8
Scrap Collectors
★ 8.0
Spring Dreams
Spring Dreams
1960 as Shinichirô Atsumi
★ 6.0
Satan's Sword
Satan's Sword
1960 as Tsukue
★ 6.6
Tora-san's Song of Love
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983 as the High Priest
★ 8.3
The Eternal Rainbow
The Eternal Rainbow
1958 as Naoji Kageyama
★ 7.3
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.2
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964 as Gôzô Tôyama
★ 5.3
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.0
I Lived, But...
I Lived, But...
1983 as Self
★ 6.8
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980 as Priest
★ 8.3
Mole Alley
★ 8.0
The Wandering Princess
The Wandering Princess
1960 as Kinoshita
★ 6.8
Tora-san's Lovesick
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.0
The Lady and the Beard
The Lady and the Beard
1931 as (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Farewell to Spring
Farewell to Spring
1959 as Kôzô's father
★ 6.3
Dolls floating down the river
Dolls floating down the river
1962 as Neighbor
The Lights of Asakusa
The Lights of Asakusa
1937 as Shin'ichi Katori
★ 6.0
Boyhood
Boyhood
1951 as Father
★ 6.9
All is Well
All is Well
1955 as Shingo Mori
★ 10.0
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.7
Port of Flowers
Port of Flowers
1943 as Nobadama
★ 7.0
Fireworks Over the Sea
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 as Tarobei Kamiya
★ 5.4
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 as The High Priest
★ 8.3
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977 as Priest
★ 8.0
Tora-san Confesses
Tora-san Confesses
1991 as High Priest
★ 8.3
Sailor
Sailor
1944 as Teacher (uncredited)
Tora-san's Lullaby
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974 as Gozen-sama
★ 7.8
Tora-san's Love Call
Tora-san's Love Call
1971 as the High Priest
★ 8.4
Children in the Wind
Children in the Wind
1937 as Policeman
★ 7.4
Machi no Hi
Machi no Hi
1974 as Takushoku
★ 8.0
High-School Outcasts
High-School Outcasts
1970 as Instructor Takeyama
★ 7.0
All is Well 2
★ 10.0
movie
Stray Sheep
1955 as Professor Hirota
★ 7.0
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 as Gozen-sama
★ 8.3
Street Without End
Street Without End
1934 as Yukihiko Chiba
★ 6.6
Great X
Great X
1948 as Chief of police
movie
Hearts A-Flutter
1957 as Shingo Wakasugi
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941 as The Boss
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975 as the High Priest
★ 8.2
Ornamental Hairpin
Ornamental Hairpin
1941 as Nanmura
★ 6.7
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959 as Detective Shiozaki
★ 10.0
Pumpkin
★ 8.0
The Greatest Man in the World
★ 10.0
Youth of the Son
Youth of the Son
1952 as Mr. Uemura
★ 6.7
The Face
The Face
1957 as Det. Hasegawa
The Golden Demon
The Golden Demon
1937 as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
★ 6.0
Warm Current
Warm Current
1966 as Yasuhide Shima
Oyuki
Oyuki
1966
Making of 'Dreams'
Making of 'Dreams'
1990 as Self
★ 8.0
Navy
Navy
1943 as Major Kikuchi
★ 8.0
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985 as the High Priest
★ 6.9
I Flunked, But...
I Flunked, But...
1930 as Student
★ 5.9
I'm a Bodyguard
★ 8.0
A Star Athlete
A Star Athlete
1937 as Tani
★ 7.5
Freedom School
★ 7.0
Days of Youth
Days of Youth
1929 as Student
★ 5.6
Autumn Interlude
Autumn Interlude
1954 as Michio
Song of the Flower Basket
Song of the Flower Basket
1937 as Nenkai Hotta
★ 8.0
Double Wedding
Double Wedding
1963 as Noriko's Father
Home from the Sea
Home from the Sea
1972 as Ishizaki Senzo
★ 7.2
Flying in the Air
★ 10.0
Wife Lost
★ 10.0
Tange Sazen
★ 9.0
Beauty of Life
★ 10.0
movie
Moon Over the Ruins
1937 as Conductor
★ 6.7
The First Kiss
The First Kiss
1955 as Hasegawa
★ 6.4
Introspection Tower
Introspection Tower
1941 as Mr. Kusama
★ 6.7
That Night's Wife
That Night's Wife
1930 as Policeman
★ 6.4
College Is a Nice Place
College Is a Nice Place
1936 as Amano
★ 9.0
movie
Iki na fûraibô
1946 as Chôgorô Yamamoto
movie
★ 6.0
Blue Eyed Bride
Blue Eyed Bride
1964 as Maruhashi Gotaro
A Mother Should Be Loved
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934 as Hattori
★ 5.9
The Snow Flurry
★ 6.9
Our Planes Fly South
Our Planes Fly South
1943 as Teacher Matsuki
Physical Beauty
★ 10.0
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990 as Self
★ 7.0
A Brother and His Younger Sister
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939 as Seizaburō Utsumi
★ 6.0
The Waves
★ 5.5
Gekimetsu no uta
Gekimetsu no uta
1945 as 河上耕造
★ 8.0
Sakiko-san chotto
Sakiko-san chotto
1963 as 中川正一
The College Hero
The College Hero
1958 as Professor Fujii
★ 8.0
Love
Love
1933
★ 8.0
movie
★ 8.0
A Million Girls
A Million Girls
1963 as Atsufumi Yashiro
★ 5.0
The Path Under the Platanes
The Path Under the Platanes
1959 as Ichiro Ishimaru
★ 7.0
The Man of Rumor
The Man of Rumor
1948 as 藤森甚三
The Last Escape
The Last Escape
1957 as Ryu Kinihide
新婚たくあん夫婦
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954 as 品川夏堂