Chishū Ryū
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-05-13
Day of Death
1993-03-16 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Chishū Ryū
Biography
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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Acting
(1993)
Talking with Ozu
as Self (archival footage)
(1992)
(1992)
Luminous Moss
as Judge
(1991)
Until the End of the World
as Mr. Mori
(1991)
(1990)
Dreams
as Old Man
(1990)
(1990)
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
(1989)
Tora-san, My Uncle
as Gozen-sama
(1989)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as the High Priest
(1989)
(1988)
A Taxing Woman's Return
as Former Priest
(1988)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as Gozen-sama
(1988)
(1987)
(1987)
Tora-san Goes North
as the High Priest
(1987)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
as the High Priest
(1986)
(1986)
The Greatest Man in the World
as Hermit
(1986)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
as the High Priest
(1985)
Tokyo-Ga
as Self
(1985)
(1985)
Tora-san's Island Encounter
as the High Priest
(1985)
Tora-san, the Go-Between
as the High Priest
(1985)
(1984)
The Funeral
as The Priest
(1984)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
as the High Priest
(1984)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as the High Priest
(1983)
Tora-san Goes Religious?
as the High Priest
(1983)
(1983)
I Lived, But...
as Self
(1983)
(1983)
Tora-san's Song of Love
as the High Priest
(1982)
The Longest Tunnel
as Saiji Akutsu
(1982)
Tora-san, the Expert
as Gozen-sama
(1982)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as the High Priest
(1982)
(1981)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
as Gozen-sama
(1981)
Tora-san's Promise
as Gozen-sama
(1980)
Foster Daddy, Tora!
as Gozen-sama
(1980)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
as Priest
(1979)
(1979)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Gozen-sama
(1978)
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Gozen-sama
(1978)
Stage-Struck Tora-san
as Gozen-sama
(1978)
(1977)
Tora-san Plays Cupid
as Priest
(1977)
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as Gozensama
(1976)
Tora-san's Pure Love
as Gozen-sama
(1976)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Priest
(1976)
(1975)
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as the High Priest
(1975)
(1975)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
as Gozen-sama
(1974)
The Castle of Sand
as Kojuro Kirihara
(1974)
Tora-san's Lullaby
as Gozen-sama
(1974)
Machi no Hi
as Takushoku
(1974)
(1974)
Tora-san's Lovesick
as Gozen-sama
(1973)
Miyamoto Musashi
as Takuan
(1973)
(1973)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
as the High Priest
(1973)
(1972)
Home from the Sea
as Ishizaki Senzo
(1972)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as the High Priest
(1972)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as the High Priest
(1971)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as the High Priest
(1971)
Tora-san's Love Call
as the High Priest
(1971)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as the High Priest
(1971)
(1970)
Where Spring Comes Late
as Genzo, So's father
(1970)
(1970)
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as High Priest
(1970)
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
as Priest
(1970)
Tora-san's Runaway
as High Priest
(1970)
High-School Outcasts
as Instructor Takeyama
(1969)
Battle of the Japan Sea
as General Maresuke Nogi
(1969)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
as Gozensama
(1969)
It's Tough Being a Man
as Gozen-sama
(1969)
(1968)
The Human Bullet
as Bookstore Man
(1968)
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Come Marry Me
as Tamotsu's Grandfather
(1966)
Warm Current
as Yasuhide Shima
(1966)
(1965)
Red Beard
as Mr. Yasumoto
(1965)
(1965)
The Four Loves
as Heitarô Misawa
(1965)
The Soundless Cry
as Tateno
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Aoimoku no yome-han
as Maruhashi Gotaro
(1964)
(1964)
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
as Gôzô Tôyama
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Double Wedding
as Noriko's Father
(1963)
(1962)
An Autumn Afternoon
as Shuhei Hirayama
(1962)
Love Under the Crucifix
as Sokei Nambo
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
The Wiser Age
as Kinjiro Ishikawa
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Dolls floating down the river
as Neighbor
(1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinanmin no Chôrô
(1961)
The End of Summer
as Farmer
(1961)
The Last War
as Ebara
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
A Good Man, A Good Day
as Ozeki Hitoshi
(1961)
(1960)
The Bad Sleep Well
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
(1960)
Late Autumn
as Shukichi Miwa
(1960)
The Wandering Princess
as Kinoshita
(1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Old man in the park
(1960)
Spring Dreams
as Shinichirô Atsumi
(1960)
(1960)
Satan's Sword
as Tsukue
(1960)
(1960)
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Monk
(1960)
Internees of Kampili
as Vice-Admiral Shibata
(1960)
(1959)
Good Morning
as Keitaro Hayashi
(1959)
Floating Weeds
as Theatre Owner
(1959)
Farewell to Spring
as Kôzô's father
(1959)
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
as Detective Shiozaki
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
I Want to Be a Shellfish
as Komiya
(1958)
Equinox Flower
as Shukichi Mikami
(1958)
The Rickshaw Man
as Shigezo Yuki
(1958)
The Eternal Rainbow
as Naoji Kageyama
(1958)
(1957)
Tokyo Twilight
as Shukichi Sugiyama
(1957)
The Crowded Train
as Genroku, the father
(1957)
Hearts A-Flutter
as Shingo Wakasugi
(1957)
(1957)
The Face
as Det. Hasegawa
(1956)
Early Spring
as Kiichi Onodera
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
The Moon Has Risen
as Asai Mokichi
(1955)
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
as Masao - Age 73
(1955)
The First Kiss
as Hasegawa
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Stray Sheep
as Professor Hirota
(1955)
(1955)
All is Well
as Shingo Mori
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Otoko Sensei
(1954)
(1954)
慶安水滸傳
as 神尾備前守
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
Tokyo Story
as Shukichi Hirayama
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Sadao Hirayama
(1952)
(1952)
Youth of the Son
as Mr. Uemura
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1951)
Early Summer
as Koichi Mamiya
(1951)
Carmen Comes Home
as Principal
(1951)
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tarobei Kamiya
(1951)
The Good Fairy
as Ryôen Toba
(1951)
Boyhood
as Father
(1951)
(1951)
Home Sweet Home
as Kosaku Uemura
(1951)
(1950)
The Munekata Sisters
as Tadachika Munekata
(1949)
Late Spring
as Shukichi Somiya
(1949)
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
A Hen in the Wind
as Kazuichiro Satake
(1948)
Great X
as Chief of police
(1948)
(1948)
(1948)
Children Hand in Hand
as Mr. Matsumura
(1948)
(1947)
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Tashiro
(1947)
(1946)
Iki na fûraibô
as Chôgorô Yamamoto
(1946)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
Gekimetsu no uta
as 河上耕造
(1945)
(1945)
(1944)
Army
as Tomosuke Takagi
(1944)
Sailor
as Teacher (uncredited)
(1944)
(1943)
Port of Flowers
as Nobadama
(1943)
Navy
as Major Kikuchi
(1943)
(1943)
(1943)
Our Planes Fly South
as Teacher Matsuki
(1943)
(1942)
There Was a Father
as Shuhei Horikawa
(1942)
(1942)
(1941)
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
as Shojiro's Friend
(1941)
Ornamental Hairpin
as Nanmura
(1941)
Introspection Tower
as Mr. Kusama
(1941)
(1941)
Let's Go in Good Spirits
as The Boss
(1940)
(1940)
(1939)
A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Seizaburō Utsumi
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1938)
(1937)
The Lights of Asakusa
as Shin'ichi Katori
(1937)
Moon Over the Ruins
as Conductor
(1937)
A Star Athlete
as Tani
(1937)
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as George
(1937)
Children in the Wind
as Policeman
(1937)
Song of the Flower Basket
as Nenkai Hotta
(1937)
The Golden Demon
as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
(1937)
(1936)
The Only Son
as Teacher Okubo
(1936)
(1936)
(1936)
College Is a Nice Place
as Amano
(1936)
(1935)
An Inn in Tokyo
as Policeman
(1934)
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Audience Member
(1934)
Street Without End
as Yukihiko Chiba
(1934)
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Hattori
(1933)
Passing Fancy
as Man on Boat
(1933)
Dragnet Girl
as Policeman
(1933)
Woman of Tokyo
as Reporter
(1933)
(1932)
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as Shimazaki
(1931)
The Lady and the Beard
as (uncredited)
(1930)
That Night's Wife
as Policeman
(1930)
I Flunked, But...
as Class mate
(1929)
Days of Youth
as Student
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)
(1928)