Actor profile
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.
286 Movies
9 TV Shows
295 Credits
Filmography
Movies & TV Shows
Until Spring Comes
6th April 1989
Crybaby Chacha
21st February 1987
Carefree Goddesses
7th February 1987
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
2nd August 1986
And Then
9th November 1985
When Winter Comes
30th March 1985
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
7th January 1984
Lanterns on Blue Waters
15th November 1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
24th March 1983
When We are Old
3rd November 1982
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
28th December 1979
Monument to Holy Service
23rd September 1978
Oretachi no toki
6th November 1976
Kyukei no Koya
7th June 1975
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
22nd June 1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist
25th December 1973
Flower and Dragon
17th March 1973
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
6th March 1971
The Last Kamikaze
29th October 1970
Fight for the Glory
17th December 1969
Through Days and Months
1st May 1969
Scrap Collectors
28th November 1968
Traveling in Party
12th November 1967
The Black Sheep
3rd January 1967
Oyuki
4th December 1966
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1st October 1966
The Radish and the Carrot
3rd January 1965
Gazing at Love and Death
19th September 1964
I'm a Bodyguard
16th May 1964
Dislikes
1st March 1964
Monrō no yōna onna
1st January 1964
Tange Sazen
17th November 1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
27th August 1963
The House Where Flowers Bloom
13th June 1963
Futari dake no toride
24th March 1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart
9th February 1963
Zoku aizen katsura
24th October 1962
Four Sisters
1st July 1962
Yoru no keisha
28th June 1962
Flower in a Storm
1st April 1962
Drunkard's Paradise
4th February 1962
Bandits on the Wind
22nd November 1961
Student Executive
15th November 1961
The Youth and His Amulet
17th September 1961
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
31st May 1961
Door of Flowers
26th May 1961
Master Fencer Sees the World
16th October 1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
5th July 1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
22nd June 1960
Only She Knows
1st April 1960
Love in the Mountains
23rd October 1959
The White Road Across the River
19th August 1959
Bridge
4th March 1959
The Snow Flurry
3rd January 1959
Whirlpool of Flowers
1st April 1958
White Blaze
4th March 1958
Flying in the Air
9th January 1957
Pure Love
31st October 1956
The Storm
24th October 1956
The Wicked Boy
1st June 1956
Eyes of Children
15th January 1956
Subarashiki shōtai
11th October 1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
17th May 1955
The Refugee
3rd May 1955
The Immortal Pitcher
15th March 1955
Striving to Live
25th February 1955
All is Well 2
20th February 1955
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
8th June 1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
27th April 1954
Haru no Wakakusa
27th January 1954
Love Letter
13th December 1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
1st December 1953
Always in My Heart
15th September 1953
Mole Alley
7th May 1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
6th May 1953
Sisters
29th April 1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
19th February 1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
6th November 1952
Dôkoku
16th October 1952
Kare o korosu na
11th September 1952
Kyōshū
2nd July 1952
The Waves
3rd April 1952
Beauty of Life
7th December 1951
Freedom School
5th May 1951
Forgotten Children
4th October 1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
4th June 1949
Kekkon Sanjûshi
21st March 1949
The Fourth Lady
23rd December 1948
Living Image
12th October 1948
A Visage to Remember
4th April 1948
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1st April 1947
The Woman Who Holds the Key
15th August 1946
最後の攘夷党
20th December 1945
Sennichimae fukin
25th October 1945
The Young Women of Izu
30th August 1945
Otome no iru kichi
1st April 1945
The Man Who Has Returned
20th July 1944
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1st April 1943
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
11th March 1943
Kaisen no Zenya
14th January 1943
South Wind 2
22nd October 1942
South Wind
17th September 1942
Flower
15th July 1941
Utsukushiki Rinjin
23rd May 1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
17th April 1940
Mother is Strong
17th December 1939
New Woman Question and Answer
1st June 1939
Spring Thunder
13th April 1939
Southern Wind
15th February 1939
Queen of the Wind
17th February 1938
Goodbye to the Front
24th August 1937
The New Road: Akemi
30th November 1936
Housewife Camellia
4th October 1936
Boy Aviation Pilots
24th July 1936
Love
9th November 1933
Physical Beauty
1st December 1928
Couple on the Move
28th September 1928
Pumpkin
31st August 1928
Wife Lost
15th June 1928
Dreams of Youth
29th April 1928
An Early Autumn
28th November 1987
Zoku zoku jiken
14th September 1980
A-Un
9th March 1980
Tokyo Suburbia
13th April 1979
Haguregumo
2nd April 1978
The Lonely Scalpel
5th May 1969