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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, 1904-05-13

Died: 1993-03-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	Dreams of Youth		0
2	1928	Wife Lost		0
3	1928	Pumpkin		0
4	1928	Couple on the Move		0
5	1928	Physical Beauty		0
6	1929	Days of Youth	Student	59
7	1930	I Flunked, But...	Class mate	61
8	1930	That Night's Wife	Policeman	65
9	1931	The Lady and the Beard	(uncredited)	59
10	1932	Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?	Shimazaki	65
11	1933	Woman of Tokyo	Reporter	68
12	1933	Dragnet Girl	Policeman	67
13	1933	Passing Fancy	Man on Boat	66
14	1933	Love		0
15	1934	Street Without End	Yukihiko Chiba	66
16	1934	A Mother Should Be Loved	Hattori	60
17	1934	A Story of Floating Weeds	Audience Member	70
18	1935	An Inn in Tokyo	Policeman	69
19	1936	College Is a Nice Place	Amano	0
20	1936	Boy Aviation Pilots		0
21	1936	The Only Son	Teacher Okubo	74
22	1936	Housewife Camellia		0
23	1936	The New Road: Akemi		70
24	1937	Moon Over the Ruins	Conductor	50
25	1937	Song of the Flower Basket	Nenkai Hotta	0
26	1937	A Star Athlete	Tani	60
27	1937	Don't Tell Your Wife About It	George	60
28	1937	The Golden Demon	Kuranosuke Kazahaya	60
29	1937	Goodbye to the Front		0
30	1937	Children in the Wind	Policeman	76
31	1937	The Lights of Asakusa	Shin'ichi Katori	60
32	1938	Queen of the Wind		0
33	1939	Southern Wind		0
34	1939	A Brother and His Younger Sister	Seizaburō Utsumi	56
35	1939	Spring Thunder		0
36	1939	New Woman Question and Answer		60
37	1939	Mother is Strong		0
38	1940	Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru		0
39	1940	Utsukushiki Rinjin		0
40	1941	Introspection Tower	Mr. Kusama	67
41	1941	Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family	Shojiro's Friend	69
42	1941	Let's Go in Good Spirits	The Boss	0
43	1941	Flower		0
44	1941	Ornamental Hairpin	Nanmura	65
45	1942	There Was a Father	Shuhei Horikawa	70
46	1942	South Wind		0
47	1942	South Wind 2		0
48	1943	Kaisen no Zenya		0
49	1943	Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home		0
50	1943	Port of Flowers	Nobadama	72
51	1943	Our Planes Fly South	Teacher Matsuki	0
52	1943	Navy	Major Kikuchi	0
53	1944	Sailor	Teacher (uncredited)	0
54	1944	The Man Who Has Returned		0
55	1944	Army	Tomosuke Takagi	72
56	1945	Gekimetsu no uta	河上耕造	0
57	1945	Otome no iru kichi		0
58	1945	Izu no musumetachi		0
59	1945	Sennichimae fukin		0
60	1945	最後の攘夷党		0
61	1946	Iki na fûraibô	Chôgorô Yamamoto	0
62	1946	The Woman Who Holds the Key		0
63	1947	The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant		70
64	1947	Record of a Tenement Gentleman	Tashiro	72
65	1948	Children Hand in Hand	Mr. Matsumura	0
66	1948	A Visage to Remember		63
67	1948	Great X	Chief of police	0
68	1948	A Hen in the Wind	Kazuichiro Satake	70
69	1948	Living Image		0
70	1948	The Fourth Lady		0
71	1949	Kekkon Sanjûshi		0
72	1949	Ishimatsu of the Forest		0
73	1949	Late Spring	Shukichi Somiya	80
74	1949	Forgotten Children		0
75	1950	The Munekata Sisters	Tadachika Munekata	69
76	1951	The Good Fairy	Ryôen Toba	55
77	1951	Carmen Comes Home	Principal	62
78	1951	Home Sweet Home	Kosaku Uemura	68
79	1951	Freedom School		0
80	1951	Boyhood	Father	67
81	1951	Early Summer	Koichi Mamiya	78
82	1951	Fireworks Over the Sea	Tarobei Kamiya	50
83	1951	Beauty of Life		0
84	1952	The Waves		50
85	1952	Youth of the Son	Mr. Uemura	64
86	1952	Kyōshū		0
87	1952	彼を殺すな		0
88	1952	The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice	Sadao Hirayama	75
89	1952	Dôkoku		0
90	1952	Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu		0
91	1953	Sisters		0
92	1953	Aiyoku no sabaki		0
93	1953	Mole Alley		0
94	1953	Always in My Heart		68
95	1953	Tokyo Story	Shukichi Hirayama	82
96	1953	Always in My Heart Part 2		65
97	1953	Love Letter		68
98	1954	慶安水滸傳	神尾備前守	0
99	1954	Haru no Wakakusa		0
100	1954	Always in My Heart Part 3		70
101	1954	Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass		0
102	1954	Twenty-Four Eyes	Otoko Sensei	77
103	1955	The Moon Has Risen	Asai Mokichi	68
104	1955	All is Well	Shingo Mori	0
105	1955	All is Well 2		0
106	1955	Striving to Live		0
107	1955	The Refugee		0
108	1955	Life's Simple Pleasures		0
109	1955	Stray Sheep	Professor Hirota	0
110	1955	The First Kiss	Hasegawa	63
111	1955	She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum	Masao - Age 73	70
112	1956	Eyes of Children		0
113	1956	Early Spring	Kiichi Onodera	75
114	1956	The Storm		90
115	1957	Flying in the Air		0
116	1957	The Face	Det. Hasegawa	0
117	1957	The Crowded Train	Genroku, the father	65
118	1957	Tokyo Twilight	Shukichi Sugiyama	77
119	1957	Hearts A-Flutter	Shingo Wakasugi	0
120	1958	White Blaze		0
121	1958	The Rickshaw Man	Shigezo Yuki	72
122	1958	Equinox Flower	Shukichi Mikami	74
123	1958	The Eternal Rainbow	Naoji Kageyama	63
124	1959	The Snow Flurry		66
125	1959	Bridge		0
126	1959	I Want to Be a Shellfish	Komiya	100
127	1959	Farewell to Spring	Kôzô's father	62
128	1959	Good Morning	Keitaro Hayashi	77
129	1959	The White Road Across the River		0
130	1959	A Killed Stewardess: White or Black	Detective Shiozaki	0
131	1959	Love in the Mountains		0
132	1959	Floating Weeds	Theatre Owner	75
133	1960	Spring Dreams	Shinichirô Atsumi	58
134	1960	The Wandering Princess	Kinoshita	67
135	1960	Only She Knows		0
136	1960	Storm on the Silvery Peaks	Monk	0
137	1960	Daughters, Wives and a Mother	Old man in the park	71
138	1960	Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4		0
139	1960	The Bad Sleep Well	Public Prosecutor Nonaka	77
140	1960	Internees of Kampili	Vice-Admiral Shibata	0
141	1960	Master Fencer Sees the World		0
142	1960	Satan's Sword	Tsukue	64
143	1960	Late Autumn	Shukichi Miwa	78
144	1961	The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer	Hinanmin no Chôrô	84
145	1961	Door of Flowers		0
146	1961	Shin Jinsei Gekijo		0
147	1961	A Good Man, A Good Day	Ozeki Hitoshi	0
148	1961	The Youth and His Amulet		0
149	1961	The Last War	Ebara	62
150	1961	The End of Summer	Farmer	75
151	1962	The Wiser Age	Kinjiro Ishikawa	73
152	1962	Drunkard's Paradise		0
153	1962	Dolls floating down the river	Neighbor	0
154	1962	Flower in a Storm		0
155	1962	Love Under the Crucifix	Sokei Nambo	69
156	1962	Yoru no keisha		0
157	1962	Four Sisters		60
158	1962	Zoku aizen katsura		0
159	1962	An Autumn Afternoon	Shuhei Hirayama	78
160	1963	Rush to Our Sweetheart		0
161	1963	Futari dake no toride		0
162	1963	Double Wedding	Noriko's Father	0
163	1963	A Prisoner in Search of Daughter		0
164	1963	Tange Sazen		0
165	1964	Dislikes		0
166	1964	Aoimoku no yome-han	Maruhashi Gotaro	0
167	1964	I'm a Bodyguard		0
168	1964	Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii	Gôzô Tôyama	53
169	1964	Gazing at Love and Death		70
170	1965	The Radish and the Carrot		100
171	1965	The Soundless Cry	Tateno	80
172	1965	Red Beard	Mr. Yasumoto	81
173	1965	The Four Loves	Heitarô Misawa	0
174	1966	Warm Current	Yasuhide Shima	0
175	1966	Come Marry Me	Tamotsu's Grandfather	60
176	1966	Oyuki		0
177	1967	The Black Sheep		0
178	1967	Japan's Longest Day	Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki	71
179	1967	Traveling in Party		60
180	1968	The Human Bullet	Bookstore Man	61
181	1968	Scrap Collectors		0
182	1969	Battle of the Japan Sea	General Maresuke Nogi	60
183	1969	It's Tough Being a Man	Gozen-sama	81
184	1969	Tora-san's Cherished Mother	Gozensama	68
185	1969	Fight for the Glory		0
186	1970	Tora-san, His Tender Love	High Priest	70
187	1970	Tora-san's Grand Scheme	Priest	74
188	1970	Tora-san's Runaway	High Priest	78
189	1970	Where Spring Comes Late	Genzo, So's father	75
190	1970	The Last Kamikaze		60
191	1970	High-School Outcasts	Instructor Takeyama	0
192	1971	Tora-san's Shattered Romance	the High Priest	72
193	1971	Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho		0
194	1971	Tora-san, the Good Samaritan	the High Priest	78
195	1971	Tora-san's Love Call	the High Priest	80
196	1972	Tora-san's Dear Old Home	the High Priest	75
197	1972	Home from the Sea	Ishizaki Senzo	71
198	1972	Tora-san's Dream-Come-True	the High Priest	76
199	1973	Tora-san's Forget Me Not	the High Priest	80
200	1973	Flower and Dragon		100
201	1973	Miyamoto Musashi	Takuan	71
202	1973	Tora-san Loves an Artist		80
203	1974	Machi no Hi	Takushoku	0
204	1974	Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn		0
205	1974	Tora-san's Lovesick	Gozen-sama	73
206	1974	The Castle of Sand	Kojuro Kirihara	74
207	1974	Tora-san's Lullaby	Gozen-sama	75
208	1975	Kyukei no Koya		0
209	1975	Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again	the High Priest	80
210	1975	Tora-san, the Intellectual	Gozen-sama	77
211	1976	Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset	Priest	90
212	1976	Oretachi no toki		0
213	1976	Tora-san's Pure Love	Gozen-sama	85
214	1977	Tora-san Meets His Lordship	Gozensama	85
215	1977	Tora-san Plays Cupid	Priest	77
216	1978	Stage-Struck Tora-san	Gozen-sama	80
217	1978	Monument to Holy Service		0
218	1978	Talk of the Town Tora-san	Gozen-sama	90
219	1979	Tora-san, the Matchmaker	Gozen-sama	85
220	1979	Tora-san's Dream of Spring		80
221	1980	Tora-san's Tropical Fever	Priest	80
222	1980	Foster Daddy, Tora!	Gozen-sama	75
223	1981	Tora-san's Love in Osaka	Gozen-sama	85
224	1981	Tora-san's Promise	Gozen-sama	80
225	1982	Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san	the High Priest	80
226	1982	The Longest Tunnel	Saiji Akutsu	0
227	1982	When We are Old		0
228	1982	Tora-san, the Expert	Gozen-sama	85
229	1983	Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu		0
230	1983	Tora-san's Song of Love	the High Priest	80
231	1983	I Lived, But...	Self	65
232	1983	Lanterns on Blue Waters		52
233	1983	Tora-san Goes Religious?	the High Priest	80
234	1984	Marriage Counselor Tora-san	the High Priest	80
235	1984	The Funeral	The Priest	72
236	1984	Tora-san's Forbidden Love	the High Priest	80
237	1985	When Winter Comes		0
238	1985	Tokyo-Ga	Self	70
239	1985	Tora-san, the Go-Between	the High Priest	65
240	1985	Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters	A monk	78
241	1985	And Then		69
242	1985	Tora-san's Island Encounter	the High Priest	80
243	1986	Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies		61
244	1986	The Greatest Man in the World	Hermit	0
245	1986	Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy	the High Priest	75
246	1987	Crybaby Chacha		0
247	1987	Tora-san Goes North	the High Priest	87
248	1987	Tora-san Plays Daddy	the High Priest	90
249	1988	Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio	Self	70
250	1988	A Taxing Woman's Return	Former Priest	65
251	1988	Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial	Gozen-sama	85
252	1989	Until Spring Comes		0
253	1989	Tora-san Goes to Vienna	the High Priest	80
254	1989	Tora-san, My Uncle	Gozen-sama	87
255	1990	Dreams	Old Man	77
256	1990	Tora-san Takes a Vacation		80
257	1990	Wim Wenders in Tokyo	Self	0
258	1991	Until the End of the World	Mr. Mori	68
259	1991	Tora-san Confesses		80
260	1992	Luminous Moss	Judge	55
261	1992	Tora-san Makes Excuses		80
262	1993	Talking with Ozu	Self (archival footage)	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Tamayura	直木良彦	0
2	1976	The Roads Men Travel	Kadomae	82
3	1976	Hi no kuni ni	造園主・吉野公平	0
4	1978	Haguregumo		65
5	1979	Tokyo Suburbia		0
6	1980	A-Un		0
7	1980	Zoku zoku jiken		0
8	1987	An Early Autumn		0