
Chishū Ryū
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 13, 1904
- Died
- March 16, 1993 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Movie · as 御前样

Luminous Moss
Movie · as Judge

Tora-san Makes Excuses
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san Confesses
Movie · as 御前样

Until the End of the World
Movie · as Mr. Mori

Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Movie · as 御前样

Dreams
Movie · as Old Man

Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Movie · as Self

Making of 'Dreams'
Movie · as Self

Tora-san, My Uncle
Movie · as 御前样

Until Spring Comes
Movie

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Movie · as 御前样

Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Movie · as Self

A Taxing Woman's Return
Movie · as Former Priest

Crybaby Chacha
Movie

Tora-san Plays Daddy
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san Goes North
Movie · as The High Priest

Carefree Goddesses
Movie

An Early Autumn
TV · 1 ep

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Movie · as 御前样

The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · as Hermit

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Movie

花嫁人形は眠らない
TV · 8 eps

Tokyo-Ga
Movie · as Self

When Winter Comes
Movie

Tora-san, the Go-Between
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Island Encounter
Movie · as 御前样

And Then
Movie · as Toku Nagai

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Movie · as A Monk (uncredited)

The Funeral
Movie · as The Priest

Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Movie · as 御前样

Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Movie · as 御前样
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Movie

Tora-san Goes Religious?
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Song of Love
Movie · as 御前样

I Lived, But...
Movie · as Self

Lanterns on Blue Waters
Movie

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
Movie

The Longest Tunnel
Movie · as Saiji Akutsu

When We are Old
Movie

Tora-san, the Expert
Movie · as 御前样

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Promise
Movie · as 御前样

Foster Daddy, Tora!
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Movie · as 御前样

A-Un
TV · 5 eps

Zoku zoku jiken
TV · 4 eps

Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Movie · as 御前样

Tokyo Suburbia
TV · 15 eps

Stage-Struck Tora-san
Movie · as 御前样

Talk of the Town Tora-san
Movie · as 御前样

Monument to Holy Service
Movie

Haguregumo
TV · 20 eps

Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san Plays Cupid
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Pure Love
Movie · as 御前样

Oretachi no toki
Movie

The Roads Men Travel
TV · as Kadomae · 1 ep

Hi no kuni ni
TV · as 造園主・吉野公平 · 154 eps

Tora-san, the Intellectual
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Movie · as 御前样

Kyukei no Koya
Movie

Tora-san's Lovesick
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Lullaby
Movie · as 御前样

The Castle of Sand
Movie · as Kojuro Kirihara

Machi no Hi
Movie · as Takushoku

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
Movie

Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Movie · as 御前样

Miyamoto Musashi
Movie · as Takuan

Flower and Dragon
Movie

Tora-san Loves an Artist
Movie · as 御前样

Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
Movie · as 巨匠

Home from the Sea
Movie · as Ishizaki Senzo

Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Movie · as 御前样

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Movie

Tora-san's Love Call
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Movie · as 御前样
おれは男だ!
TV · as 小林源之助 · 4 eps

Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Movie · as 御前样

Where Spring Comes Late
Movie · as Genzo, So's father

The Last Kamikaze
Movie

High-School Outcasts
Movie · as Instructor Takeyama

Tora-san, His Tender Love
Movie · as 御前样

Tora-san's Runaway
Movie · as 御前样

Battle of the Japan Sea
Movie · as General Maresuke Nogi

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Movie · as 御前样

Fight for the Glory
Movie

Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Movie · as 御前样
Through Days and Months
Movie

The Lonely Scalpel
TV · 14 eps

The Human Bullet
Movie · as Bookstore Owner

Scrap Collectors
Movie

Japan's Longest Day
Movie · as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

Traveling in Party
Movie

The Black Sheep
Movie

Come Marry Me
Movie · as Tamotsu's Grandfather

Warm Current
Movie · as Yasuhide Shima

Oyuki
Movie

Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Movie

Red Beard
Movie · as Mr. Yasumoto

The Soundless Cry
Movie · as Tateno

The Radish and the Carrot
Movie

The Four Loves
Movie · as Heitarô Misawa

Tamayura
TV · as 直木良彦 · 310 eps

Dislikes
Movie

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Movie · as Gôzô Tôyama

Gazing at Love and Death
Movie

Blue Eyed Bride
Movie · as Maruhashi Gotaro

I'm a Bodyguard
Movie

Monrō no yōna onna
Movie

Futari dake no toride
Movie
Rush to Our Sweetheart
Movie

Tange Sazen
Movie

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
Movie

Double Wedding
Movie · as Noriko's Father

Sakiko-san chotto
Movie · as 中川正一

The House Where Flowers Bloom
Movie

A Million Girls
Movie · as Atsufumi Yashiro

Dolls floating down the river
Movie · as Neighbor

Zoku aizen katsura
Movie

Flower in a Storm
Movie

An Autumn Afternoon
Movie · as Shuhei Hirayama

Yoru no keisha
Movie

Love Under the Crucifix
Movie · as Sokei Nambo

Drunkard's Paradise
Movie

The Wiser Age
Movie · as Kinjiro Ishikawa

Four Sisters
Movie

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Movie · as Hinanmin no Chôrô

The End of Summer
Movie · as Farmer

The Last War
Movie · as Ebara

Door of Flowers
Movie

The Youth and His Amulet
Movie

A Good Man, A Good Day
Movie · as Ozeki Hitoshi

Shin Jinsei Gekijo
Movie

Bandits on the Wind
Movie

Student Executive
Movie

Late Autumn
Movie · as Shukichi Miwa

The Bad Sleep Well
Movie · as Public Prosecutor Nonaka

Master Fencer Sees the World
Movie

Spring Dreams
Movie · as Shinichirô Atsumi

The Wandering Princess
Movie · as Kinoshita

Satan's Sword
Movie · as Tsukue

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
Movie

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Movie · as Old man in the park

Internees of Kampili
Movie · as Vice-Admiral Shibata

Only She Knows
Movie

Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Movie · as Monk

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
Movie

Love in the Mountains
Movie

Good Morning
Movie · as Keitaro Hayashi

Floating Weeds
Movie · as Theatre Owner

Bridge
Movie

The Snow Flurry
Movie

Farewell to Spring
Movie · as Kôzô's father

I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie · as Komiya

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Movie · as Detective Shiozaki

The White Road Across the River
Movie

The Path Under the Platanes
Movie · as Ichiro Ishimaru

Equinox Flower
Movie · as Shukichi Mikami

The Rickshaw Man
Movie · as Toyozo Yuki

White Blaze
Movie

The Eternal Rainbow
Movie · as Naoji Kageyama

The College Hero
Movie · as Professor Fujii

Whirlpool of Flowers
Movie

Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
Movie

Tokyo Twilight
Movie · as Shukichi Sugiyama

Flying in the Air
Movie

The Crowded Train
Movie · as Genroku, the father

The Face
Movie · as Det. Hasegawa
Hearts A-Flutter
Movie · as Shingo Wakasugi

The Last Escape
Movie · as Ryu Kinihide

The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
Movie
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei in the Ghost World
Movie

Early Spring
Movie · as Kiichi Onodera

The Storm
Movie

Eyes of Children
Movie

The Wicked Boy
Movie

Pure Love
Movie

The Invisible 108th Unit
Movie

Everyone's Sweetheart
Movie

Funny Fellows
Movie

Striving to Live
Movie

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Movie · as Masao - Age 73

The Moon Has Risen
Movie · as Asai Mokichi

All is Well
Movie · as Shingo Mori

All is Well 2
Movie

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Movie

The First Kiss
Movie · as Hasegawa
Stray Sheep
Movie · as Professor Hirota

The Refugee
Movie

Subarashiki shōtai
Movie

The Immortal Pitcher
Movie

Twenty-Four Eyes
Movie · as Otoko Sensei

慶安水滸傳
Movie · as 神尾備前守

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
Movie

Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie

Haru no Wakakusa
Movie

Autumn Interlude
Movie · as Michio

新婚たくあん夫婦
Movie · as 品川夏堂

Mole Alley
Movie

Tokyo Story
Movie · as Shukichi Hirayama

Sisters
Movie

Always in My Heart
Movie

Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie

Love Letter
Movie

Aiyoku no sabaki
Movie

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Movie

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Movie

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Movie · as Sadao Hirayama

Youth of the Son
Movie · as Mr. Uemura

Kyōshū
Movie

Kare o korosu na
Movie

The Waves
Movie

Dôkoku
Movie

Early Summer
Movie · as Koichi Mamiya

Carmen Comes Home
Movie · as Principal

Boyhood
Movie · as Father

Home Sweet Home
Movie · as Kosaku Uemura

Freedom School
Movie

Fireworks Over the Sea
Movie · as Tarobei Kamiya

The Good Fairy
Movie · as Ryôen Toba

Beauty of Life
Movie

The Munekata Sisters
Movie · as Tadachika Munekata
The Actress and the Detective
Movie

Kazanmyaku
Movie

Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
Movie

Late Spring
Movie · as Shukichi Somiya

Ishimatsu of the Forest
Movie

Forgotten Children
Movie

Kekkon Sanjûshi
Movie

The Fourth Lady
Movie

A Visage to Remember
Movie

Great X
Movie · as Chief of police

Children Hand in Hand
Movie · as Mr. Matsumura

A Hen in the Wind
Movie · as Kazuichiro Satake

Living Image
Movie

The Man of Rumor
Movie · as 藤森甚三
A Woman Who Convicts Men
Movie

Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Movie · as Tashiro

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
Movie
Iki na fûraibô
Movie · as Chôgorô Yamamoto

The Woman Who Holds the Key
Movie

Gekimetsu no uta
Movie · as 河上耕造

Otome no iru kichi
Movie
Sennichimae fukin
Movie

The Young Women of Izu
Movie

Saigo no joito
Movie

Army
Movie · as Tomosuke Takagi

Sailor
Movie · as Teacher (uncredited)

The Man Who Has Returned
Movie

Kaisen no Zenya
Movie

Navy
Movie · as Major Kikuchi

Port of Flowers
Movie · as Nobadama

Our Planes Fly South
Movie · as Teacher Matsuki

Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
Movie

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Movie

There Was a Father
Movie · as Shuhei Horikawa

South Wind
Movie

South Wind 2
Movie

Let's Go in Good Spirits
Movie · as The Boss

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Movie · as Shojiro's Friend

Ornamental Hairpin
Movie · as Nanmura

Flower
Movie

Introspection Tower
Movie · as Mr. Kusama

Utsukushiki Rinjin
Movie
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
Movie

Mother is Strong
Movie

Southern Wind
Movie

A Brother and His Younger Sister
Movie · as Seizaburō Utsumi

Spring Thunder
Movie

New Woman Question and Answer
Movie

Queen of the Wind
Movie

Children in the Wind
Movie · as Policeman

A Star Athlete
Movie · as Tani
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
Movie · as George

The Lights of Asakusa
Movie · as Shin'ichi Katori

The Golden Demon
Movie · as Kuranosuke Kazahaya

Song of the Flower Basket
Movie · as Nenkai Hotta
Moon Over the Ruins
Movie · as Conductor
Goodbye to the Front
Movie

The Only Son
Movie · as Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher

Housewife Camellia
Movie

Boy Aviation Pilots
Movie

College Is a Nice Place
Movie · as Amano

The New Road: Akemi
Movie

An Inn in Tokyo
Movie · as Policeman

Street Without End
Movie · as Yukihiko Chiba

A Mother Should Be Loved
Movie · as Hattori

A Story of Floating Weeds
Movie · as Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)

Woman of Tokyo
Movie · as Reporter

Passing Fancy
Movie · as Man on Boat

Dragnet Girl
Movie · as Policeman

Love
Movie

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Movie · as Shimazaki

I Was Born, But...
Movie · as Home movie projectionist

The Lady and the Beard
Movie · as (uncredited)

That Night's Wife
Movie · as Policeman

I Flunked, But...
Movie · as Student

Days of Youth
Movie · as Student

Physical Beauty
Movie

Pumpkin
Movie

Wife Lost
Movie
Couple on the Move
Movie

Dreams of Youth
Movie

