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