Known For
Acting
Born
May 13, 1904
Died
Mar 16, 1993
Place of Birth
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Credits
304 titles
Chishū Ryū
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
Filmography
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
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
High Priest
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
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
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Self
Tora-san Plays Daddy
the High Priest
An Early Autumn
Tora-san Goes North
the High Priest
Crybaby Chacha
Carefree Goddesses
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
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tayama Dosen
Tora-san, the Go-Between
the High Priest
Tokyo-Ga
Self
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
I Lived, But...
Self
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
Zoku zoku jiken
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Priest
A-Un
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Gozen-sama