Chishū Ryū
Acting
- Born:
- 1904-05-13
- Died:
- 1993-03-16
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Luminous Moss
Tora-san Confesses
Until the End of the World
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Making of 'Dreams'
Dreams
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Until Spring Comes
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
A Taxing Woman's Return
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Tora-san Plays Daddy
An Early Autumn
Tora-san Goes North
Crybaby Chacha
Carefree Goddesses
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
The Greatest Man in the World
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Tora-san's Island Encounter
And Then
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Tokyo-Ga
When Winter Comes
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
The Funeral
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Lanterns on Blue Waters
I Lived, But...
Tora-san's Song of Love
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
Tora-san, the Expert
When We are Old
The Longest Tunnel
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Tora-san's Promise
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Zoku zoku jiken
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
A-Un
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Tokyo Suburbia
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Monument to Holy Service
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Haguregumo
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san's Pure Love
Oretachi no toki
Hi no kuni ni
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
The Roads Men Travel
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Kyukei no Koya
Tora-san's Lullaby
The Castle of Sand
Tora-san's Lovesick
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
Machi no Hi
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Miyamoto Musashi
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
Flower and Dragon
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Home from the Sea
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Tora-san's Love Call
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
おれは男だ！
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
High-School Outcasts
The Last Kamikaze
Where Spring Comes Late
Tora-san's Runaway
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Fight for the Glory
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Battle of the Japan Sea
The Lonely Scalpel
Through Days and Months
Scrap Collectors
The Human Bullet
Traveling in Party
Japan's Longest Day
The Black Sheep
Oyuki
Come Marry Me
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Warm Current
The Four Loves
Tamayura
Red Beard
The Soundless Cry
The Radish and the Carrot
Gazing at Love and Death
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
I'm a Bodyguard
Blue Eyed Bride
Dislikes
Monrō no yōna onna
Tange Sazen
A Million Girls
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
Double Wedding
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Futari dake no toride
Rush to Our Sweetheart
Sakiko-san chotto
An Autumn Afternoon
Zoku aizen katsura
Four Sisters
Yoru no keisha
Love Under the Crucifix
Flower in a Storm
Dolls floating down the river
Drunkard's Paradise
The Wiser Age
Bandits on the Wind
Student Executive
The End of Summer
The Last War
The Youth and His Amulet
A Good Man, A Good Day
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
Door of Flowers
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Late Autumn
Satan's Sword
Master Fencer Sees the World
Internees of Kampili
The Bad Sleep Well
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Only She Knows
The Wandering Princess
Spring Dreams
Floating Weeds
Love in the Mountains
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
The White Road Across the River
Good Morning
Farewell to Spring
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Bridge
The Path Under the Platanes
The Snow Flurry
The Eternal Rainbow
The College Hero
Equinox Flower
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
The Rickshaw Man
Whirlpool of Flowers
White Blaze
Hearts A-Flutter
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei in the Ghost World
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
The Last Escape
Tokyo Twilight
The Crowded Train
The Face
Flying in the Air
Funny Fellows
Pure Love
The Storm
The Wicked Boy
Everyone's Sweetheart
The Invisible 108th Unit
Early Spring
Eyes of Children
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Subarashiki shōtai
The First Kiss
Stray Sheep
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
The Refugee
The Immortal Pitcher
Striving to Live
All is Well 2
All is Well
The Moon Has Risen
Twenty-Four Eyes
新婚たくあん夫婦
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
Always in My Heart Part 3
Autumn Interlude
Haru no Wakakusa
慶安水滸傳
Love Letter
Always in My Heart Part 2
Tokyo Story
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
Kare o korosu na
Kyōshū
Youth of the Son
The Waves
Beauty of Life
Fireworks Over the Sea
Early Summer
Boyhood
Freedom School
Carmen Comes Home
Home Sweet Home
The Good Fairy
The Actress and the Detective
The Munekata Sisters
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
Kazanmyaku
Forgotten Children
Late Spring
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Kekkon Sanjûshi
The Fourth Lady
Living Image
A Hen in the Wind
A Woman Who Convicts Men
Great X
A Visage to Remember
Children Hand in Hand
The Man of Rumor
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
The Woman Who Holds the Key
Iki na fûraibô
Saigo no joito
Sennichimae fukin
The Young Women of Izu
Otome no iru kichi
Gekimetsu no uta
Army
The Man Who Has Returned
Sailor
Navy
Our Planes Fly South
Port of Flowers
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
Ornamental Hairpin
Flower
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Introspection Tower
Utsukushiki Rinjin
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
Mother is Strong
New Woman Question and Answer
Spring Thunder
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Southern Wind
Queen of the Wind
The Lights of Asakusa
Children in the Wind
Goodbye to the Front
The Golden Demon
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
A Star Athlete
Song of the Flower Basket
Moon Over the Ruins
The New Road: Akemi
Housewife Camellia
The Only Son
Boy Aviation Pilots
College Is a Nice Place
An Inn in Tokyo
A Story of Floating Weeds
A Mother Should Be Loved
Street Without End
Love
Passing Fancy
Dragnet Girl
Woman of Tokyo
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
I Was Born, But...
The Lady and the Beard
That Night's Wife
I Flunked, But...
Days of Youth
Physical Beauty
Couple on the Move
Pumpkin
Wife Lost
Dreams of Youth