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

The Roads Men Travel

Zoku zoku jiken

Tamayura

A-Un

Haguregumo

Tokyo Story

Hi no kuni ni

Dreams

All Movies (291)

• Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version1997 · as High Priest
• Tora-san Makes Excuses1992 · as High Priest
• Luminous Moss1992 · as Judge
• Tora-san Confesses1991 · as High Priest
• Until the End of the World1991 · as Mr. Mori
• Wim Wenders in Tokyo1990 · as Self
• Tora-san Takes a Vacation1990 · as High Priest
• Making of 'Dreams'1990 · as Self
• Dreams1990 · as Old Man
• Tora-san, My Uncle1989 · as Gozen-sama
• Tora-san Goes to Vienna1989 · as the High Priest
• Until Spring Comes1989
• Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial1988 · as Gozen-sama
• A Taxing Woman's Return1988 · as Former Priest
• Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio1988 · as Self
• Tora-san Plays Daddy1987 · as the High Priest
• Tora-san Goes North1987 · as the High Priest
• Crybaby Chacha1987
• Carefree Goddesses1987
• Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy1986 · as the High Priest
• The Greatest Man in the World1986 · as Hermit
• Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies1986
• Tora-san's Island Encounter1985 · as the High Priest
• And Then1985 · as Toku Nagai
• And Then1985
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters1985 · as Tayama Dosen
• Tora-san, the Go-Between1985 · as the High Priest
• Tokyo-Ga1985 · as Self
• When Winter Comes1985
• Tora-san's Forbidden Love1984 · as the High Priest
• The Funeral1984 · as The Priest
• Marriage Counselor Tora-san1984 · as the High Priest
• Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!1984
• Tora-san Goes Religious?1983 · as the High Priest
• Lanterns on Blue Waters1983
• I Lived, But...1983 · as Self
• Tora-san's Song of Love1983 · as the High Priest
• Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu1983
• Tora-san, the Expert1982 · as Gozen-sama
• When We are Old1982
• The Longest Tunnel1982 · as Saiji Akutsu
• Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san1982 · as the High Priest
• Tora-san's Promise1981 · as Gozen-sama
• Tora-san's Love in Osaka1981 · as Gozen-sama
• Foster Daddy, Tora!1980 · as Gozen-sama
• Tora-san's Tropical Fever1980 · as Priest
• Tora-san's Dream of Spring1979
• Tora-san, the Matchmaker1979 · as Gozen-sama
• Talk of the Town Tora-san1978 · as Gozen-sama
• Monument to Holy Service1978
• Stage-Struck Tora-san1978 · as Gozen-sama
• Tora-san Plays Cupid1977 · as Priest
• Tora-san Meets His Lordship1977 · as Gozensama
• Tora-san's Pure Love1976 · as Gozen-sama
• Oretachi no toki1976
• Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset1976 · as Priest
• Tora-san, the Intellectual1975 · as Gozen-sama
• Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again1975 · as the High Priest
• Kyukei no Koya1975
• Tora-san's Lullaby1974 · as Gozen-sama
• The Castle of Sand1974 · as Kojuro Kirihara
• Tora-san's Lovesick1974 · as Gozen-sama
• Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn1974
• Machi no Hi1974 · as Takushoku
• Tora-san Loves an Artist1973
• Miyamoto Musashi1973 · as Takuan
• Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro1973 · as 巨匠
• Flower and Dragon1973
• Tora-san's Forget Me Not1973 · as the High Priest
• Tora-san's Dream-Come-True1972 · as The High Priest
• Home from the Sea1972 · as Ishizaki Senzo
• Tora-san's Dear Old Home1972 · as the High Priest
• Tora-san's Love Call1971 · as the High Priest
• Tora-san, the Good Samaritan1971 · as the High Priest
• Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho1971
• Tora-san's Shattered Romance1971 · as the High Priest
• High-School Outcasts1970 · as Instructor Takeyama
• The Last Kamikaze1970
• Where Spring Comes Late1970 · as Genzo, So's father
• Tora-san's Runaway1970 · as High Priest
• Tora-san's Grand Scheme1970 · as Priest
• Tora-san, His Tender Love1970 · as High Priest
• Fight for the Glory1969
• Tora-san's Cherished Mother1969 · as Gozensama
• Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp1969 · as Gozen-sama
• Battle of the Japan Sea1969 · as General Maresuke Nogi
• Through Days and Months1969
• Scrap Collectors1968
• The Human Bullet1968 · as Bookstore Man
• Traveling in Party1967
• Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
• The Black Sheep1967
• Oyuki1966
• Come Marry Me1966 · as Tamotsu's Grandfather
• Ohana han: Dai ni bu1966
• Warm Current1966 · as Yasuhide Shima
• The Four Loves1965 · as Heitarô Misawa
• Red Beard1965 · as Mr. Yasumoto
• The Soundless Cry1965 · as Tateno
• The Radish and the Carrot1965
• Gazing at Love and Death1964
• Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii1964 · as Gôzô Tôyama
• I'm a Bodyguard1964
• Blue Eyed Bride1964 · as Maruhashi Gotaro
• Dislikes1964
• Monrō no yōna onna1964
• Tange Sazen1963
• A Million Girls1963 · as Atsufumi Yashiro
• A Prisoner in Search of Daughter1963
• Double Wedding1963 · as Noriko's Father
• The House Where Flowers Bloom1963
• Futari dake no toride1963
• Rush to Our Sweetheart1963
• Sakiko-san chotto1963 · as 中川正一
• An Autumn Afternoon1962 · as Shuhei Hirayama
• Zoku aizen katsura1962
• Four Sisters1962
• Yoru no keisha1962
• Love Under the Crucifix1962 · as Sokei Nambo
• Flower in a Storm1962
• Dolls floating down the river1962 · as Neighbor
• Drunkard's Paradise1962
• The Wiser Age1962 · as Kinjiro Ishikawa
• Bandits on the Wind1961
• Student Executive1961
• The End of Summer1961 · as Farmer
• The Last War1961 · as Ebara
• The Youth and His Amulet1961
• A Good Man, A Good Day1961 · as Ozeki Hitoshi
• Shin Jinsei Gekijo1961
• Door of Flowers1961
• The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer1961 · as Hinanmin no Chôrô
• Late Autumn1960 · as Shukichi Miwa
• Satan's Sword1960 · as Tsukue
• Master Fencer Sees the World1960
• Internees of Kampili1960 · as Vice-Admiral Shibata
• The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
• Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband1960
• Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face1960
• Daughters, Wives and a Mother1960 · as Old man in the park
• Storm on the Silvery Peaks1960 · as Monk
• Only She Knows1960
• The Wandering Princess1960 · as Kinoshita
• Spring Dreams1960 · as Shinichirô Atsumi
• Floating Weeds1959 · as Theatre Owner
• Love in the Mountains1959
• A Killed Stewardess: White or Black1959 · as Detective Shiozaki
• The White Road Across the River1959
• Good Morning1959 · as Keitaro Hayashi
• Farewell to Spring1959 · as Kôzô's father
• I Want to Be a Shellfish1959 · as Komiya
• Bridge1959
• The Path Under the Platanes1959 · as Ichiro Ishimaru
• The Snow Flurry1959
• The Eternal Rainbow1958 · as Naoji Kageyama
• The College Hero1958 · as Professor Fujii
• Equinox Flower1958 · as Shukichi Mikami
• The Rickshaw Man1958 · as Toyozo Yuki
• Whirlpool of Flowers1958
• White Blaze1958
• Hearts A-Flutter1957 · as Shingo Wakasugi
• The Last Escape1957 · as Ryu Kinihide
• Tokyo Twilight1957 · as Shukichi Sugiyama
• The Crowded Train1957 · as Genroku, the father
• The Face1957 · as Det. Hasegawa
• Flying in the Air1957
• Pure Love1956
• The Storm1956
• The Wicked Boy1956
• The Invisible 108th Unit1956
• Early Spring1956 · as Kiichi Onodera
• Eyes of Children1956
• She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum1955 · as Masao - Age 73
• Subarashiki shōtai1955
• The First Kiss1955 · as Hasegawa
• Stray Sheep1955 · as Professor Hirota
• Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei1955
• The Refugee1955
• The Immortal Pitcher1955
• Striving to Live1955
• All is Well 21955
• All is Well1955 · as Shingo Mori
• The Moon Has Risen1955 · as Asai Mokichi
• Twenty-Four Eyes1954 · as Otoko Sensei
• 新婚たくあん夫婦1954 · as 品川夏堂
• Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass1954
• Always in My Heart Part 31954
• Autumn Interlude1954 · as Michio
• Haru no Wakakusa1954
• 慶安水滸傳1954 · as 神尾備前守
• Love Letter1953
• Always in My Heart Part 21953
• Tokyo Story1953 · as Shukichi Hirayama
• Always in My Heart1953
• Mole Alley1953
• Aiyoku no sabaki1953
• Sisters1953
• Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu1953
• Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu1952
• Dôkoku1952
• The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice1952 · as Sadao Hirayama
• Kare o korosu na1952
• Kyōshū1952
• Youth of the Son1952 · as Mr. Uemura
• The Waves1952
• Beauty of Life1951
• Fireworks Over the Sea1951 · as Tarobei Kamiya
• Early Summer1951 · as Koichi Mamiya
• Boyhood1951 · as Father
• Freedom School1951
• Carmen Comes Home1951 · as Principal
• Home Sweet Home1951 · as Kosaku Uemura
• The Good Fairy1951 · as Ryôen Toba
• The Munekata Sisters1950 · as Tadachika Munekata
• Forgotten Children1949
• Late Spring1949 · as Shukichi Somiya
• Ishimatsu of the Forest1949
• Kekkon Sanjûshi1949
• The Fourth Lady1948
• Living Image1948
• A Hen in the Wind1948 · as Kazuichiro Satake
• Great X1948 · as Chief of police
• A Visage to Remember1948
• Children Hand in Hand1948 · as Mr. Matsumura
• The Man of Rumor1948 · as 藤森甚三
• Record of a Tenement Gentleman1947 · as Tashiro
• The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant1947
• The Woman Who Holds the Key1946
• Iki na fûraibô1946 · as Chôgorô Yamamoto
• 最後の攘夷党1945
• Sennichimae fukin1945
• The Young Women of Izu1945
• Otome no iru kichi1945
• Gekimetsu no uta1945 · as 河上耕造
• Army1944 · as Tomosuke Takagi
• The Man Who Has Returned1944
• Sailor1944 · as Teacher (uncredited)
• Navy1943 · as Major Kikuchi
• Our Planes Fly South1943 · as Teacher Matsuki
• Port of Flowers1943 · as Nobadama
• Air Raid of the Enemy Plane1943
• Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home1943
• Kaisen no Zenya1943
• South Wind 21942
• South Wind1942
• There Was a Father1942 · as Shuhei Horikawa
• Ornamental Hairpin1941 · as Nanmura
• Flower1941
• Let's Go in Good Spirits1941 · as The Boss
• Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family1941 · as Shojiro's Friend
• Introspection Tower1941 · as Mr. Kusama
• Utsukushiki Rinjin1940
• Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru1940
• Mother is Strong1939
• New Woman Question and Answer1939
• Spring Thunder1939
• A Brother and His Younger Sister1939 · as Seizaburō Utsumi
• Southern Wind1939
• Queen of the Wind1938
• The Lights of Asakusa1937 · as Shin'ichi Katori
• Children in the Wind1937 · as Policeman
• Goodbye to the Front1937
• The Golden Demon1937 · as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
• Don't Tell Your Wife About It1937 · as George
• A Star Athlete1937 · as Tani
• Song of the Flower Basket1937 · as Nenkai Hotta
• Moon Over the Ruins1937 · as Conductor
• The New Road: Akemi1936
• Housewife Camellia1936
• The Only Son1936 · as Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
• Boy Aviation Pilots1936
• College Is a Nice Place1936 · as Amano
• An Inn in Tokyo1935 · as Policeman
• A Story of Floating Weeds1934 · as Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
• A Mother Should Be Loved1934 · as Hattori
• Street Without End1934 · as Yukihiko Chiba
• Love1933
• Passing Fancy1933 · as Man on Boat
• Dragnet Girl1933 · as Policeman
• Woman of Tokyo1933 · as Reporter
• Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?1932 · as Shimazaki
• I Was Born, But...1932 · as Home movie projectionist
• The Lady and the Beard1931 · as (uncredited)
• That Night's Wife1930 · as Policeman
• I Flunked, But...1930 · as Student
• Days of Youth1929 · as Student
• Physical Beauty1928
• Couple on the Move1928
• Pumpkin1928
• Wife Lost1928
• Dreams of Youth1928

All TV Shows (9)

• An Early Autumn1987
• Zoku zoku jiken1980
• A-Un1980
• Tokyo Suburbia1979
• Haguregumo1978
• Hi no kuni ni1976 · as 造園主・吉野公平
• The Roads Men Travel1976 · as Kadomae
• The Lonely Scalpel1969
• Tamayura1965 · as 直木良彦