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 Juzo Itami's 1984 comedy, The Funeral).

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Movies starring Chishū Ryū (264)

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)

High Priest

Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)

High Priest

Luminous Moss (1992)

Judge

Tora-san Confesses (1991)

High Priest

Until the End of the World (1991)

Mr. Mori

Wim Wenders in Tokyo (1990)

Self

Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)

High Priest

Making of 'Dreams' (1990)

Self

Dreams (1990)

Old Man

Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)

Gozen-Sama

Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)

The High Priest

Until Spring Comes (1989)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)

Gozen-Sama

A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)

Former Priest

Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio (1988)

Self

Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)

The High Priest

Tora-san Goes North (1987)

The High Priest

Crybaby Chacha (1987)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (1986)

The High Priest

The Greatest Man in the World (1986)

Hermit

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)

The High Priest

And Then (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Tayama Dosen

Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985)

The High Priest

Tokyo-Ga (1985)

Self

When Winter Comes (1985)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)

The High Priest

The Funeral (1984)

The Priest

Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)

The High Priest

Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)

The High Priest

Lanterns on Blue Waters (1983)
I Lived, But... (1983)

Self

Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)

The High Priest

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu (1983)
Tora-san, the Expert (1982)

Gozen-Sama

When We are Old (1982)
The Longest Tunnel (1982)

Saiji Akutsu

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)

The High Priest

Tora-san's Promise (1981)

Gozen-Sama

Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)

Gozen-Sama

Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)

Gozen-Sama

Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)

Priest

Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)

Gozen-Sama

Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)

Gozen-Sama

Monument to Holy Service (1978)
Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978)

Gozen-Sama

Tora-san Plays Cupid (1977)

Priest

Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)

Gozensama

Tora-san's Pure Love (1976)

Gozen-Sama

Oretachi no toki (1976)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)

Priest

Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)

Gozen-Sama

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975)

The High Priest

Kyukei no Koya (1975)
Tora-san's Lullaby (1974)

Gozen-Sama

The Castle of Sand (1974)

Kojuro Kirihara

Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)

Gozen-Sama

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn (1974)
Machi no Hi (1974)

Takushoku

Tora-san Loves an Artist (1973)
Miyamoto Musashi (1973)

Takuan

Flower and Dragon (1973)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973)

The High Priest

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972)

The High Priest

Home from the Sea (1972)

Ishizaki Senzo

Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)

The High Priest

Tora-san's Love Call (1971)

The High Priest

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (1971)

The High Priest

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho (1971)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971)

The High Priest

High-School Outcasts (1970)

Instructor Takeyama

The Last Kamikaze (1970)
Where Spring Comes Late (1970)

Genzo, So's Father

Tora-san's Runaway (1970)

High Priest

Tora-san's Grand Scheme (1970)

Priest

Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)

High Priest

Fight for the Glory (1969)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)

Gozensama

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969)

Gozen-Sama

Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)

General Maresuke Nogi

Scrap Collectors (1968)
The Human Bullet (1968)

Bookstore Man

Traveling in Party (1967)
Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

The Black Sheep (1967)
Come Marry Me (1966)

Tamotsu's Grandfather

Warm Current (1966)

Yasuhide Shima

The Four Loves (1965)

Heitarô Misawa

Red Beard (1965)

Mr. Yasumoto

The Soundless Cry (1965)

Tateno

The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii (1964)

Gôzô Tôyama

I'm a Bodyguard (1964)
Blue Eyed Bride (1964)

Maruhashi Gotaro

Dislikes (1964)
Tange Sazen (1963)
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter (1963)
Double Wedding (1963)

Noriko's Father

Futari dake no toride (1963)
Rush to Our Sweetheart (1963)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

Shuhei Hirayama

Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
Four Sisters (1962)
Yoru no keisha (1962)
Love Under the Crucifix (1962)

Sokei Nambo

Flower in a Storm (1962)
Dolls floating down the river (1962)

Neighbor

Drunkard's Paradise (1962)
The Wiser Age (1962)

Kinjiro Ishikawa

Bandits on the Wind (1961)
The End of Summer (1961)

Farmer

The Last War (1961)

Ebara

The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)

Ozeki Hitoshi

Shin Jinsei Gekijo (1961)
Door of Flowers (1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Hinanmin No Chôrô

Late Autumn (1960)

Shukichi Miwa

Satan's Sword (1960)

Tsukue

Master Fencer Sees the World (1960)
Internees of Kampili (1960)

Vice-Admiral Shibata

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Public Prosecutor Nonaka

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband (1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)

Old Man In The Park

Storm on the Silvery Peaks (1960)

Monk

Only She Knows (1960)
The Wandering Princess (1960)

Kinoshita

Spring Dreams (1960)

Shinichirô Atsumi

Floating Weeds (1959)

Theatre Owner

Love in the Mountains (1959)
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black (1959)

Detective Shiozaki

The White Road Across the River (1959)
Good Morning (1959)

Keitaro Hayashi

Farewell to Spring (1959)

Kôzô's Father

I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)

Komiya

Bridge (1959)
The Snow Flurry (1959)
The Eternal Rainbow (1958)

Naoji Kageyama

Equinox Flower (1958)

Shukichi Mikami

The Rickshaw Man (1958)

Toyozo Yuki

White Blaze (1958)
Hearts A-Flutter (1957)

Shingo Wakasugi

Tokyo Twilight (1957)

Shukichi Sugiyama

The Crowded Train (1957)

Genroku, The Father

The Face (1957)

Det. Hasegawa

Flying in the Air (1957)
The Storm (1956)
Early Spring (1956)

Kiichi Onodera

Eyes of Children (1956)
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)

Masao - Age 73

The First Kiss (1955)

Hasegawa

Stray Sheep (1955)

Professor Hirota

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei (1955)
The Refugee (1955)
Striving to Live (1955)
All is Well 2 (1955)
All is Well (1955)

Shingo Mori

The Moon Has Risen (1955)

Asai Mokichi

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

Otoko Sensei

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass (1954)
Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
Haru no Wakakusa (1954)
Love Letter (1953)
Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)

Shukichi Hirayama

Always in My Heart (1953)
Mole Alley (1953)
Aiyoku no sabaki (1953)
Sisters (1953)
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
Dôkoku (1952)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

Sadao Hirayama

Kare o korosu na (1952)
Kyōshū (1952)
Youth of the Son (1952)

Mr. Uemura

The Waves (1952)
Beauty of Life (1951)
Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)

Tarobei Kamiya

Early Summer (1951)

Koichi Mamiya

Boyhood (1951)

Father

Freedom School (1951)
Carmen Comes Home (1951)

Principal

Home Sweet Home (1951)

Kosaku Uemura

The Good Fairy (1951)

Ryôen Toba

The Munekata Sisters (1950)

Tadachika Munekata

Forgotten Children (1949)
Late Spring (1949)

Shukichi Somiya

Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)
Kekkon Sanjûshi (1949)
The Fourth Lady (1948)
Living Image (1948)
A Hen in the Wind (1948)

Kazuichiro Satake

Great X (1948)

Chief Of Police

A Visage to Remember (1948)
Children Hand in Hand (1948)

Mr. Matsumura

Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)

Tashiro

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
The Woman Who Holds the Key (1946)
Iki na fûraibô (1946)

Chôgorô Yamamoto

Sennichimae fukin (1945)
The Young Women of Izu (1945)
Otome no iru kichi (1945)
Gekimetsu no uta (1945)

河上耕造

Army (1944)

Tomosuke Takagi

The Man Who Has Returned (1944)
Sailor (1944)

Teacher (Uncredited)

Navy (1943)

Major Kikuchi

Our Planes Fly South (1943)

Teacher Matsuki

Port of Flowers (1943)

Nobadama

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane (1943)
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home (1943)
Kaisen no Zenya (1943)
South Wind 2 (1942)
South Wind (1942)
There Was a Father (1942)

Shuhei Horikawa

Ornamental Hairpin (1941)

Nanmura

Flower (1941)
Let's Go in Good Spirits (1941)

The Boss

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)

Shojiro's Friend

Introspection Tower (1941)

Mr. Kusama

Utsukushiki Rinjin (1940)
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru (1940)
Mother is Strong (1939)
New Woman Question and Answer (1939)
Spring Thunder (1939)
A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939)

Seizaburō Utsumi

Southern Wind (1939)
Queen of the Wind (1938)
The Lights of Asakusa (1937)

Shin'ichi Katori

Children in the Wind (1937)

Policeman

Goodbye to the Front (1937)
The Golden Demon (1937)

Kuranosuke Kazahaya

Don't Tell Your Wife About It (1937)

George

A Star Athlete (1937)

Tani

Song of the Flower Basket (1937)

Nenkai Hotta

Moon Over the Ruins (1937)

Conductor

The New Road: Akemi (1936)
Housewife Camellia (1936)
The Only Son (1936)

Okubo, Ryosuke's Teacher

Boy Aviation Pilots (1936)
College Is a Nice Place (1936)

Amano

An Inn in Tokyo (1935)

Policeman

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

Shouting Audience Member (Uncredited)

A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)

Hattori

Street Without End (1934)

Yukihiko Chiba

Love (1933)
Passing Fancy (1933)

Man On Boat

Dragnet Girl (1933)

Policeman

Woman of Tokyo (1933)

Reporter

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)

Shimazaki

I Was Born, But... (1932)

Home Movie Projectionist

The Lady and the Beard (1931)

(Uncredited)

That Night's Wife (1930)

Policeman

I Flunked, But... (1930)

Student

Days of Youth (1929)

Student

Physical Beauty (1928)
Couple on the Move (1928)
Pumpkin (1928)
Wife Lost (1928)
Dreams of Youth (1928)

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