
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 Ju…
Known For
Tokyo Story
Shukichi Hirayama
Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya
Red Beard
Mr. Yasumoto
Dreams
Old Man
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tayama Dosen
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô
Good Morning
Keitaro Hayashi
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Filmography
Acting (287)
Movies (278)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997as High Priest
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992as High Priest
Luminous Moss
1992as Judge
Until the End of the World
1991as Mr. Mori
Tora-san Confesses
1991as High Priest
Dreams
1990as Old Man
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990as Self
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990as High Priest
Making of 'Dreams'
1990as Self
Until Spring Comes
1989
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989as Gozen-sama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989as the High Priest
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988as Former Priest
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988as Gozen-sama
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988as Self
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987as the High Priest
Crybaby Chacha
1987
Tora-san Goes North
1987as the High Priest
Carefree Goddesses
1987
The Greatest Man in the World
1986as Hermit
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986as the High Priest
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
When Winter Comes
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985as Tayama Dosen
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985as the High Priest
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985as the High Priest
Tokyo-Ga
1985as Self
And Then
1985as Toku Nagai
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984as the High Priest
The Funeral
1984as The Priest
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984as the High Priest
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983as the High Priest
I Lived, But...
1983as Self
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983as the High Priest
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
When We are Old
1982
The Longest Tunnel
1982as Saiji Akutsu
Tora-san, the Expert
1982as Gozen-sama
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982as the High Priest
Tora-san's Promise
1981as Gozen-sama
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981as Gozen-sama
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980as Gozen-sama
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980as Priest
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979as Gozen-sama
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978as Gozen-sama
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978as Gozen-sama
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977as Gozensama
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977as Priest
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976as Priest
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976as Gozen-sama
Oretachi no toki
1976
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975as the High Priest
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975as Gozen-sama
Kyukei no Koya
1975
The Castle of Sand
1974as Kojuro Kirihara
Machi no Hi
1974as Takushoku
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974as Gozen-sama
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974as Gozen-sama
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Miyamoto Musashi
1973as Takuan
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973as the High Priest
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Flower and Dragon
1973
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972as the High Priest
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972as the High Priest
Home from the Sea
1972as Ishizaki Senzo
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971as the High Priest
Tora-san's Love Call
1971as the High Priest
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971as the High Priest
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970as Priest
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970as High Priest
Where Spring Comes Late
1970as Genzo, So's father
High-School Outcasts
1970as Instructor Takeyama
Tora-san's Runaway
1970as High Priest
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969as Gozen-sama
Fight for the Glory
1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969as Gozensama
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969as General Maresuke Nogi
The Human Bullet
1968as Bookstore Man
Scrap Collectors
1968
The Black Sheep
1967
Traveling in Party
1967
Japan's Longest Day
1967as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Oyuki
1966
Come Marry Me
1966as Tamotsu's Grandfather
Warm Current
1966as Yasuhide Shima
Red Beard
1965as Mr. Yasumoto
The Four Loves
1965as Heitarô Misawa
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The Soundless Cry
1965as Tateno
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964as Gôzô Tôyama
Dislikes
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Blue Eyed Bride
1964as Maruhashi Gotaro
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Futari dake no toride
1963Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
Double Wedding
1963as Noriko's Father
Sakiko-san chotto
1963as 中川正一
Tange Sazen
1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
1962as Shuhei Hirayama
Love Under the Crucifix
1962as Sokei Nambo
Four Sisters
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Flower in a Storm
1962
Yoru no keisha
1962
The Wiser Age
1962as Kinjiro Ishikawa
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Dolls floating down the river
1962as Neighbor
The End of Summer
1961as Farmer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961as Hinanmin no Chôrô
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
Door of Flowers
1961
Bandits on the Wind
1961
The Last War
1961as Ebara
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961as Ozeki Hitoshi
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
The Human Condition
1961as Hinanmin no Chôrô
Late Autumn
1960as Shukichi Miwa
The Bad Sleep Well
1960as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Internees of Kampili
1960as Vice-Admiral Shibata
Spring Dreams
1960as Shinichirô Atsumi
The Wandering Princess
1960as Kinoshita
Satan's Sword
1960as Tsukue
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960as Monk
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960as Old man in the park
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Only She Knows
1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
Good Morning
1959as Keitaro Hayashi
Floating Weeds
1959as Theatre Owner
The Snow Flurry
1959
The White Road Across the River
1959
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959as Detective Shiozaki
Bridge
1959
Love in the Mountains
1959
Farewell to Spring
1959as Kôzô's father
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959as Komiya
The Path Under the Platanes
1959as Ichiro Ishimaru
Equinox Flower
1958as Shukichi Mikami
The Eternal Rainbow
1958as Naoji Kageyama
White Blaze
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958as Toyozo Yuki
The College Hero
1958as Professor Fujii
Tokyo Twilight
1957as Shukichi Sugiyama
The Crowded Train
1957as Genroku, the father
Hearts A-Flutter
1957as Shingo Wakasugi
Flying in the Air
1957
The Face
1957as Det. Hasegawa
Early Spring
1956as Kiichi Onodera
The Storm
1956
Eyes of Children
1956The Wicked Boy
1956
The Moon Has Risen
1955as Asai Mokichi
All is Well
1955as Shingo Mori
Striving to Live
1955Stray Sheep
1955as Professor Hirota
All is Well 2
1955
The Refugee
1955
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955as Masao - Age 73
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
The First Kiss
1955as Hasegawa
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954as Otoko Sensei
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
慶安水滸傳
1954as 神尾備前守
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
Tokyo Story
1953as Shukichi Hirayama
Love Letter
1953
Sisters
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Always in My Heart
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Mole Alley
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
The Waves
1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952as Sadao Hirayama
Kyōshū
1952
Youth of the Son
1952as Mr. Uemura
Kare o korosu na
1952
Dôkoku
1952
Boyhood
1951as Father
Carmen Comes Home
1951as Principal
Beauty of Life
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951as Tarobei Kamiya
Freedom School
1951
Early Summer
1951as Koichi Mamiya
Home Sweet Home
1951as Kosaku Uemura
The Good Fairy
1951as Ryôen Toba
The Munekata Sisters
1950as Tadachika Munekata
Late Spring
1949as Shukichi Somiya
Forgotten Children
1949
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Great X
1948as Chief of police
The Fourth Lady
1948
Children Hand in Hand
1948as Mr. Matsumura
A Hen in the Wind
1948as Kazuichiro Satake
Living Image
1948
A Visage to Remember
1948
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947as Tashiro
Iki na fûraibô
1946as Chôgorô Yamamoto
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Izu no musumetachi
1945Sennichimae fukin
1945
Otome no iru kichi
1945
最後の攘夷党
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
1945as 河上耕造
Sailor
1944as Teacher (uncredited)
Army
1944as Tomosuke Takagi
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
Port of Flowers
1943as Nobadama
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
Our Planes Fly South
1943as Teacher Matsuki
Navy
1943as Major Kikuchi
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
South Wind 2
1942
South Wind
1942
There Was a Father
1942as Shuhei Horikawa
Flower
1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941as Shojiro's Friend
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941as The Boss
Introspection Tower
1941as Mr. Kusama
Ornamental Hairpin
1941as Nanmura
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1940
Southern Wind
1939
Spring Thunder
1939
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939as Seizaburō Utsumi
Mother is Strong
1939
Queen of the Wind
1938
Song of the Flower Basket
1937as Nenkai Hotta
Goodbye to the Front
1937
A Star Athlete
1937as Tani
Moon Over the Ruins
1937as Conductor
The Lights of Asakusa
1937as Shin'ichi Katori
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937as George
Children in the Wind
1937as Policeman
The Golden Demon
1937as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
The New Road: Akemi
1936
College Is a Nice Place
1936as Amano
Housewife Camellia
1936
The Only Son
1936as Teacher Okubo
An Inn in Tokyo
1935as Policeman
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934as Hattori
Street Without End
1934as Yukihiko Chiba
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934as Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
Passing Fancy
1933as Man on Boat
Dragnet Girl
1933as Policeman
Woman of Tokyo
1933as Reporter
Love
1933
I Was Born, But...
1932as Home movie projectionist
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932as Shimazaki
The Lady and the Beard
1931as (uncredited)
I Flunked, But...
1930as Student
That Night's Wife
1930as Policeman
Days of Youth
1929as Student
Pumpkin
1928Couple on the Move
1928
Physical Beauty
1928
Dreams of Youth
1928
Wife Lost
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