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).
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Known for
Tamayura
直木良彦
Until the End of the World
Mr. Mori
Hi no kuni ni
造園主・吉野公平
Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya
Red Beard
Mr. Yasumoto
Tokyo Twilight
Shukichi Sugiyama
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama
Good Morning
Keitaro Hayashi
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tayama Dosen
Tokyo Story
Shukichi Hirayama
Floating Weeds
Theatre Owner
Ornamental Hairpin
Nanmura
The Roads Men Travel
Kadomae
The Human Bullet
Bookstore Man
Equinox Flower
Shukichi Mikami
The Castle of Sand
Kojuro Kirihara
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
the High Priest
The Funeral
The Priest
Tora-san's Lullaby
Gozen-sama
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Priest
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
the High Priest
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
the High Priest
Love Under the Crucifix
Sokei Nambo
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
the High Priest
Tora-san Goes North
the High Priest
Tora-san Goes Religious?
the High Priest
The Moon Has Risen
Asai Mokichi
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
the High Priest
The Black Sheep
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Masao - Age 73
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
the High Priest
Love
The New Road: Akemi
Otome no iru kichi
Iki na fûraibô
Chôgorô Yamamoto
The Radish and the Carrot
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
the High Priest
Oyuki
Tora-san's Love Call
the High Priest
Life's Simple Pleasures
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
the High Priest
Tange Sazen
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Gozen-sama
Army
Tomosuke Takagi
Tora-san, My Uncle
Gozen-sama
慶安水滸傳
神尾備前守
Spring Dreams
Shinichirô Atsumi
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
Tora-san Plays Daddy
the High Priest
The Longest Tunnel
Saiji Akutsu
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Gozen-sama
Southern Wind
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Gozen-sama
I'm a Bodyguard
Gazing at Love and Death
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Gozen-sama
Monrō no yōna onna
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
Freedom School
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Dislikes
Mole Alley
Navy
Major Kikuchi
Port of Flowers
Nobadama
The Lights of Asakusa
Shin'ichi Katori
Flying in the Air
I Lived, But...
Self
South Wind 2
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
the High Priest
The Lady and the Beard
(uncredited)
Haru no Wakakusa
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Detective Shiozaki
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Always in My Heart
Moon Over the Ruins
Conductor
Sennichimae fukin
I Flunked, But...
Student
The Only Son
Teacher Okubo
The Soundless Cry
Tateno
最後の攘夷党
Monument to Holy Service
Children in the Wind
Policeman
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
George
Subarashiki shōtai
Futari dake no toride
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
Tora-san, the Go-Between
the High Priest
Aiyoku no sabaki
Dolls floating down the river
Neighbor
Always in My Heart Part 2
The Woman Who Holds the Key
Tora-san Confesses
High Priest
Introspection Tower
Mr. Kusama
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Shimazaki
Battle of the Japan Sea
General Maresuke Nogi
Flower
Bridge
Hearts A-Flutter
Shingo Wakasugi
Sailor
Teacher (uncredited)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Old man in the park
Oretachi no toki
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Our Planes Fly South
Teacher Matsuki
Love in the Mountains
Gekimetsu no uta
河上耕造
Fight for the Glory
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Priest
The Refugee
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
The Last Kamikaze
The Waves
Sisters
Youth of the Son
Mr. Uemura
Twenty-Four Eyes
Otoko Sensei
Four Sisters
South Wind
Farewell to Spring
Kôzô's father
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Gozensama
Luminous Moss
Judge
Kekkon Sanjûshi
Forgotten Children
Door of Flowers
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Gozensama
Miyamoto Musashi
Takuan
White Blaze
All is Well
Shingo Mori
The Fourth Lady
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Priest
Traveling in Party
College Is a Nice Place
Amano
Tora-san's Lovesick
Gozen-sama
Boyhood
Father
Utsukushiki Rinjin
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
High Priest
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Gozen-sama
Blue Eyed Bride
Maruhashi Gotaro
Tora-san's Song of Love
the High Priest
Double Wedding
Noriko's Father
Where Spring Comes Late
Genzo, So's father
The Wandering Princess
Kinoshita
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Seizaburō Utsumi
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Gozen-sama
The Snow Flurry
I Was Born, But...
Home movie projectionist
Satan's Sword
Tsukue
The Storm
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
the High Priest
Kyōshū
The Youth and His Amulet
All is Well 2
Boy Aviation Pilots
Tora-san's Runaway
High Priest
Japan's Longest Day
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Striving to Live
Always in My Heart Part 3
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Monk
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tarobei Kamiya
Stray Sheep
Professor Hirota
Zoku aizen katsura
Dreams
Old Man
The White Road Across the River
Great X
Chief of police
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Shojiro's Friend
Late Autumn
Shukichi Miwa
Queen of the Wind
Kyukei no Koya
Flower and Dragon
Yoru no keisha
Izu no musumetachi
Machi no Hi
Takushoku
Beauty of Life
High-School Outcasts
Instructor Takeyama
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Kaisen no Zenya
When We are Old
Tora-san's Island Encounter
the High Priest
Master Fencer Sees the World
The Last War
Ebara
A Hen in the Wind
Kazuichiro Satake
Tora-san, His Tender Love
High Priest
A Good Man, A Good Day
Ozeki Hitoshi
Dôkoku
The Rickshaw Man
Toyozo Yuki
Early Spring
Kiichi Onodera
Home from the Sea
Ishizaki Senzo
Tora-san's Promise
Gozen-sama
The Path Under the Platanes
Ichiro Ishimaru
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Sadao Hirayama
Kare o korosu na
Carmen Comes Home
Principal
The Munekata Sisters
Tadachika Munekata
That Night's Wife
Policeman
Living Image
Spring Thunder
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
High Priest
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
the High Priest
The End of Summer
Farmer
Flower in a Storm
And Then
Toku Nagai
And Then
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Gozen-sama
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Gozen-sama
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Priest
Eyes of Children
Early Summer
Koichi Mamiya
Rush to Our Sweetheart
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô
Tora-san Makes Excuses
High Priest
Tora-san's Pure Love
Gozen-sama
Street Without End
Yukihiko Chiba
Crybaby Chacha
A Star Athlete
Tani
The Wiser Age
Kinjiro Ishikawa
Bandits on the Wind
Passing Fancy
Man on Boat
The Greatest Man in the World
Hermit
Dragnet Girl
Policeman
The Crowded Train
Genroku, the father
Tokyo Suburbia
The Eternal Rainbow
Naoji Kageyama
The Four Loves
Heitarô Misawa
A Mother Should Be Loved
Hattori
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
A Taxing Woman's Return
Former Priest
Tokyo-Ga
Self
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
The First Kiss
Hasegawa
Tora-san, the Expert
Gozen-sama
An Inn in Tokyo
Policeman
Until Spring Comes
A Story of Floating Weeds
Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Tashiro
Woman of Tokyo
Reporter
Haguregumo
Zoku zoku jiken
A-Un
New Woman Question and Answer
Warm Current
Yasuhide Shima
When Winter Comes
Internees of Kampili
Vice-Admiral Shibata
There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
The Face
Det. Hasegawa
Days of Youth
Student
Love Letter
The Lonely Scalpel
The College Hero
Professor Fujii
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
The Golden Demon
Kuranosuke Kazahaya
An Early Autumn
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Gôzô Tôyama
Only She Knows
Dreams of Youth
The Good Fairy
Ryôen Toba
Lanterns on Blue Waters
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Pumpkin
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
Come Marry Me
Tamotsu's Grandfather
Drunkard's Paradise
Children Hand in Hand
Mr. Matsumura
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Komiya
Couple on the Move
Scrap Collectors
A Visage to Remember
The Man Who Has Returned
Let's Go in Good Spirits
The Boss
Song of the Flower Basket
Nenkai Hotta
Physical Beauty
Home Sweet Home
Kosaku Uemura
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Carefree Goddesses
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Self
Sakiko-san chotto
中川正一